Frank Thomson
Pennsylvania Railroad, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, American Civil War
Herausgegeben: Olegario Máximo, Carleton
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Frank Thomson was a railroad executive from the United States who became the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1897 through 1899. Frank Thomson was born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania in 1841. At age 17, Thomson became an apprentice in the Pennsylvania Railroad machine shops in Altoona, and studied mechanical engineering there for four years. Thomson gained experience with restoring shops, repair of rolling stock and machinery, the rebuilding of bridges and t...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Frank Thomson was a railroad executive from the United States who became the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1897 through 1899. Frank Thomson was born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania in 1841. At age 17, Thomson became an apprentice in the Pennsylvania Railroad machine shops in Altoona, and studied mechanical engineering there for four years. Thomson gained experience with restoring shops, repair of rolling stock and machinery, the rebuilding of bridges and the construction of new roads and telegraph lines. Later in his life, the press often commented he could both build a locomotive and act as its engineer.
