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3 unusual facts about Station master


Laws, California

A station agent's home is located south of the railroad station.

Oliver Barrett House

His son Ezra Lathrop Barrett, known professionally as E. Lathrop Barrett, became the railroad's station agent, a job complementary to his father's.

Privett railway station

The station building also contained the station master's accommodation and other more functional rooms such as a goods office and lamp room.



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Clunes railway station

Reg Evans who played the Station Master in this scene was killed in the Black Saturday bushfires of 2009.

Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway

The impressive station building at Doune was demolished in 1968 (although the former station master's house survives) and the site is now occupied by housing, as is the site of the original station in Callander.

Edward McKenna

He joined the New Zealand Railways as a clerk and soon rose to be Station Master at Kaiapoi, Ashburton, Invercargill, Gore, Greatford, Halcombe and in the early 1880s Palmerston North.

Francis James Gillen

In 1875 he became involved in the construction of the Australian Overland Telegraph Line and was appointed the Alice Springs post and telegraph Station Master in 1892.

Kennett railway station

The station buildings were typical of the line between Bury St Edmunds and Newmarket, with similar buildings at Saxham and Risby railway station and Higham railway station (Suffolk), the latter which still remains, consisting of a two-story station master's house adjoining a small booking hall.

Macleod Football Club

In 1946, Macleod F.C formed from humble beginnings Mr Harold Busbridge, who was the station master at the Macleod railway station, approached some local identities with the view to forming a football club in the local area.

Sverre Holm

He is probably best known for playing "Benny" in the Olsenbanden-movies (1969–1998), and as station master O. Tidemann the Norwegian children's program Sesam Stasjon (1990–1998), the Norwegian version of the US program, Sesame Street.

Tōhoku-Fukushi-dai-mae Station

Kazuhiro Sasaki (retired baseball pitcher, and alumni of nearby Tohoku Fukushi University) served as the ceremonial station master for the opening day.

Tove Kari Viken

Born Tove Kari Hanssen, she was raised on the train station at Kongsvoll, where her father was station master.

Twyford railway station

In 2005 Norman Topson, the station master for 16 years and local rail worker for 43 years, was awarded an MBE for services to the railway industry and community.

Union Mills railway station

The railway station at Union Mills on the Isle of Man Railway was the first official stop for trains on the line; it boasted a long winding platform on the "up" side and the station gardens were well known locally for their beautiful displays that were tended by the station master and his staff.

William John Woodhouse

Woodhouse was born at Clifton, Westmorland, England, the son of Richard Woodhouse, a station master, and his wife Mary, née Titterington.