Bob
Fisher Retires
Wisconsin Division
40 Years of
Service
Wisconsin Division Engineer Bob Fisher retired February
27, 1981. His son, Illinois
Division Conductor Bob Fisher, found
some pictures of that occasion which we are happy to post.
Bob grew up in Eagle
Grove, Iowa where his father
was a C&NW engineer on the Northern Iowa Division and Bob’s first railroad job was on the Eagle Grove Section Gang. Later, on June 9, 1941, Bob hired
out as a fireman on the Wisconsin Division.
During World War II, he was assigned to the Railroad Battalion and served
in Alaska among other
places. He returned to the Wisconsin
Division after the war, was set up to engineer on February 14, 1946 and retired off an Elk Grove job on February 27, 1981. We are very pleased to report that Bob is active and doing quite well at
the young age of 89.
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Bob receives his Retirement Plaque
from Elk Grove Trainmaster Phil Leitherer on February
27, 1981. Phil is now Superintendent at
Global One.
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Bob with his crew, (left to right)
Brakeman Jack Straley
(07/18/1947), Bob, Conductor Jack Stratford (02/21/1947)
and Brakeman Wendell “Windy” Bloomstrand.
Our thanks to Bob Fisher
(above) who remembered.
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Bob and Conductor Jack Stratford at Bob’s retirement party held in March of
1981.
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Jack Straley,
Conductor Tony Stacneck
(01/10/1946), Bob & Jack Stratford at Tony’s retirement ceremony in January
of 1981. Prior to Tony’s retirement,
this crew had the most seniority of any Wisconsin Division crew – 143 years.
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Revised: 09/20/05