Edgecombe County NcArchives Biographies.....Gatlin Jr., Thomas Hall 
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Source: Biographical Directory of Railway Officials
Author: Harold Francis Lane

Gatlin, Thomas Hall, Jr.
Assistant Chief Engineer Maintenance of Way Southern Ry.
Office Washington, DC
Born Nov. 8, 1876, at Tarboro, NC.
Educated at Trinity College, Durham, NC, 1894 to 1895.
Entered railway service May 1892, since which he has been consecutively to 
Aug. 1894, with the Atlantic Coast Line as rodman, assistant resident 
engineer, masonry and foundation inspector and engineer in charge of 
trestle work;
1896 to 1897, engineer for Edgecombe County Bridge Commission and engaged on 
other highway bridge work;
1897 to 1898, engaged in general engineering practice at Tarboro, NC;
1899 to 1901, chief engineer East Carolina Ry;
1901, engineer for Eagle Construction Co. of Toledo, O., constructing 25 miles 
of new railroad;
fall of 1902, transitman Trans-Appalachian Rd on preliminary surveys through 
the mountains of western North Carolina;
spring of 1903 to spring of 1904, transitman Southern Ry on location and 
graduation work through western North Carolina and Tennessee;
spring of 1904 to spring of 1905, assistant engineer same road in chief 
engineer's office at Washington, DC;
spring of 1905 to July 1, 1906, assistant engineer same road in charge of 
drafting department chief engineer's office, in charge of track work and yards;
July 1, 1906 to Aug. 1, 1911, engineer maintenance of way Middle district at 
Knoxville, Tenn;
Aug. 1, 1911 to date, assistant chief engineer maintenance of way same road at 
Washington, DC.

Additional Comments:
Source:
The Biographical Directory of 
The Railway Officials of America
1918 Edition
Edited and Compiled by Harold Francis Lane
Associate Editor Railway Age Gazette
Published by Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company
New York and Chicago

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