The son of a railroad porter, former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb Jr. grew up listening to his father’s stories about working on the train that ran between Chicago and Los Angeles. Wellington M.

The image of the African-American railroad worker is a staple in the cultural history of America. The face of the black Pullman porter was in railroad advertising for years. The porter became a ...

An inquiry was begun to-day by Railroad Commissioners Kernan and O ... Wright, the sleeping car conductor, and Bishop, the porter, were examined. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

PORTER — Authorities are investigating the death of a 25-year-old Porter woman whose body was discovered on some railroad tracks late Wednesday. Two teenagers riding their bikes found the body ...

A bicyclist’s recent death at the South Calumet Road railroad crossing in Chesterton’s downtown has spurred town officials and the neighboring Porter community to explore ways to improve ...

WRIGHT, WALTER BENJAMIN (1852-1939) advanced from railroad porter to secretary for the industry's top administrators. He was born in Harrisonburg, WV, and moved to Columbus, OH, at 12 years old.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Railroad Commissioner David Porter has kicked off an initiative to tout ...

State records claim Porter cribbed the plot from the Aug. 29, 1900 robbery along the Union Pacific Railroad executed by Butch Cassidy's "Hole in the Wall" gang in Wyoming. Porter and others ...