Re: Dick Cooper Time Book - NYC Catskill Mountain Branch
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Ed --
? ? Thanks for this info. ?I was 8 in 1947 but I was watching trains on the NYC and DL&W. ?I may have bicycled into the NYC yard and watched them rake the fire and ashes from the locomotives. ?All I was told was to not get too close and be careful. ?But that may have been a little later. ?It's hard to remember exactly when, that far back
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Dave Simmons
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From: Ed Cox via Groups.Io <edcox13@...>
To: DandH-Railroad < [email protected]>
Sent: Tue, Nov 19, 2019 4:50 pm
Subject: Re: [DandH-Railroad] Dick Cooper Time Book - NYC Catskill Mountain Branch
Dave,
That was a pretty good hourly wage back then. Minimum wage was $.40 per hour. And yes, that was before taxes and retirement. The average income in 1947 was $3000.00/year.
Ed
On Tuesday, November 19, 2019, 04:37:06 PM UTC, Dave Simmons via Groups.Io <bdsimm7@...> wrote:
Ed --
? ? If I divided correctly, $9.32 divided by 5.67 hours = $1.64 per hour! ?Is that before RR Retirement and taxes (if any) are taken out? ?I wonder what was the average wage back in 1947.
Dave Simmons
Watertown, NY
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From: Ed Cox via Groups.Io <edcox13@...>
To: DandH-Railroad < [email protected]>
Sent: Tue, Nov 19, 2019 5:56 am
Subject: [DandH-Railroad] Dick Cooper Time Book - NYC Catskill Mountain Branch
7/27/47 #501, power class Fx heavy 4-6-0 811, passenger rate, marked on Kingston 9:10 AM, marked off Oneonta 2:50 PM, on duty 5:40, paid $9.32 for 110 miles Barton engineer, Cooper fireman.
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Ed Cox
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Ed Cox
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