PRR personnel records?

Did you try the RR Museum of PA?

@Steve Tyler posted:

My grandfather was a signal engineer with the Pennsylvania Railroad in the early to mid-20th century, stationed in various PA and MD locations from Altoona in western PA, to the Philly suburbs, to Pocomoke on Maryland's Eastern Shore. I'd love to be able to find and review his personnel records, but of course the PRR has long ago merged out of separate existence. I'm wondering if anyone has any info on if those records have been retained, and if so, where they might be located and what needs to be done to access them? My earlier efforts did not produce any tangible result, but I thought I'd try again. Thanks in advance for any leads you might be able to provide!

Steve,

Let me suggest 2 resources:

• Railroader's Museum in Altoona.  They are much more focused on the people and life on the PRR.  They may have some records or be able to steer you to possible sources.
• Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society.  This group has a lot of documents on the PRR.  I can't say how many or much is personnel related, but it's worth a try.

Best of luck,

George

Thanks for the info George...I have 2 WW1 service medals would like to track down the recipients...

@452 Card posted:

Did you try the RR Museum of PA?

Not yet, but I will! Any link to an on-line site?

@G3750 posted:

Let me suggest 2 resources:

• Railroader's Museum in Altoona.  They are much more focused on the people and life on the PRR.  They may have some records or be able to steer you to possible sources.
• Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society.  This group has a lot of documents on the PRR.  I can't say how many or much is personnel related, but it's worth a try.

Thanks, George, I'll check them out. Any on-line links?

Altoona is railroadcity.org and the RRMPA is rrmuseumpa.org. (Strasburg RR itself is strasburgrailroad.com)

@Becky, Tom & Gabe Morgan posted:

Altoona is railroadcity.org and the RRMPA is rrmuseumpa.org. (Strasburg RR itself is strasburgrailroad.com)

Thanks! I'll try to get an inquiry out soon, and will report back later.

And the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society is:  https://prrths.org/

George

The PRRTHS site directs personnel research inquires to the PA State Archives.

Are'nt personnel records generally considered to be confidential? If you found that some personnel records still exist, maybe you would have to bring lawyers in to determine if they could be opened to the public.