“A railroad employee?” “Specifically, an employee who worked in both Cleveland and New Castle, Pennsylvania. Would there be any way to get a list of such employees?” His expression changed from consternation to shock. “At this point in time? I doubt any company would still have records. On top of that, there are so many jobs surrounding a railroad. Especially at that time—unskilled labor might be hired for only a day or two, for peak season or a special cleanup job. Sweeping the station or loading, tasks like that would be given out on a piecemeal basis. Then you might have skilled labor called in for some particular electrical or welding job so that you’d have men working here who weren’t officially employed by the railroad.” “Like a contract employee.” “Exactly. Though that wouldn’t be often. You might also have men who would be laid off from one railway and picked up by another, so they might have had steady work in the area, but with a variety of companies.
