Mother last name listed as Galligan
Listed in the 1930 Census California Kern CO Township 11 Mojave page 5
Living with Wife Ida working for the Steam Railroad has a Engineer
Date of Interment 11/26/1951
The Fresno Bee
26 November 1951, page 20
Santa Fe Engineer On Record Run Of 1905 Succumbs
Mojave – Kern Co., Nov. 26
Funeral services for Thomas E. Gallagher, 83, veteran Santa Fe Railroad engineer, were held today in the Mojave Catholic Church, and burial was in the Mojave Cemetery.
Gallagher was one of the 19 engineers who raced the Coyote Special in 1905 from Los Angeles to Chicago, a 2,265 mile trip in 44 hours and 54 minutes. Gallagher engineered the steam locomotive from Barstow to Needles, a distance of 170 miles in 200 minutes, on one leg of the journey. The Coyote Special was hired by Death Valley Scotty who asked how much it would cost to hire a special train to take him to Chicago faster than any other human being had ever made the trip previously. The speed broke all records.
Gallagher started railroading in 1884 with the Michigan Central and joined Santa Fe the next year. He retired September 1, 1938.
He is survived by his widow Addie; a sister, Celia K. James of Chicago; and a brother, Will Gallagher of Los Angeles.
Listed in the 1930 Census California Kern CO Township 11 Mojave page 5
Living with Wife Ida working for the Steam Railroad has a Engineer
Date of Interment 11/26/1951
The Fresno Bee
26 November 1951, page 20
Santa Fe Engineer On Record Run Of 1905 Succumbs
Mojave – Kern Co., Nov. 26
Funeral services for Thomas E. Gallagher, 83, veteran Santa Fe Railroad engineer, were held today in the Mojave Catholic Church, and burial was in the Mojave Cemetery.
Gallagher was one of the 19 engineers who raced the Coyote Special in 1905 from Los Angeles to Chicago, a 2,265 mile trip in 44 hours and 54 minutes. Gallagher engineered the steam locomotive from Barstow to Needles, a distance of 170 miles in 200 minutes, on one leg of the journey. The Coyote Special was hired by Death Valley Scotty who asked how much it would cost to hire a special train to take him to Chicago faster than any other human being had ever made the trip previously. The speed broke all records.
Gallagher started railroading in 1884 with the Michigan Central and joined Santa Fe the next year. He retired September 1, 1938.
He is survived by his widow Addie; a sister, Celia K. James of Chicago; and a brother, Will Gallagher of Los Angeles.
Mother last name listed as Galligan
Listed in the 1930 Census California Kern CO Township 11 Mojave page 5
Living with Wife Ida working for the Steam Railroad has a Engineer
Date of Interment 11/26/1951
The Fresno Bee
26 November 1951, page 20
Santa Fe Engineer On Record Run Of 1905 Succumbs
Mojave – Kern Co., Nov. 26
Funeral services for Thomas E. Gallagher, 83, veteran Santa Fe Railroad engineer, were held today in the Mojave Catholic Church, and burial was in the Mojave Cemetery.
Gallagher was one of the 19 engineers who raced the Coyote Special in 1905 from Los Angeles to Chicago, a 2,265 mile trip in 44 hours and 54 minutes. Gallagher engineered the steam locomotive from Barstow to Needles, a distance of 170 miles in 200 minutes, on one leg of the journey. The Coyote Special was hired by Death Valley Scotty who asked how much it would cost to hire a special train to take him to Chicago faster than any other human being had ever made the trip previously. The speed broke all records.
Gallagher started railroading in 1884 with the Michigan Central and joined Santa Fe the next year. He retired September 1, 1938.
He is survived by his widow Addie; a sister, Celia K. James of Chicago; and a brother, Will Gallagher of Los Angeles.
Listed in the 1930 Census California Kern CO Township 11 Mojave page 5
Living with Wife Ida working for the Steam Railroad has a Engineer
Date of Interment 11/26/1951
The Fresno Bee
26 November 1951, page 20
Santa Fe Engineer On Record Run Of 1905 Succumbs
Mojave – Kern Co., Nov. 26
Funeral services for Thomas E. Gallagher, 83, veteran Santa Fe Railroad engineer, were held today in the Mojave Catholic Church, and burial was in the Mojave Cemetery.
Gallagher was one of the 19 engineers who raced the Coyote Special in 1905 from Los Angeles to Chicago, a 2,265 mile trip in 44 hours and 54 minutes. Gallagher engineered the steam locomotive from Barstow to Needles, a distance of 170 miles in 200 minutes, on one leg of the journey. The Coyote Special was hired by Death Valley Scotty who asked how much it would cost to hire a special train to take him to Chicago faster than any other human being had ever made the trip previously. The speed broke all records.
Gallagher started railroading in 1884 with the Michigan Central and joined Santa Fe the next year. He retired September 1, 1938.
He is survived by his widow Addie; a sister, Celia K. James of Chicago; and a brother, Will Gallagher of Los Angeles.
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