Jan. 26—"I've been working on the railroad, All the live-long day..." Remember that folk song as a child? John C. Kline and ...

Kline, actually lived the song by working on the railroad for five decades, each. “When engineman John C. Kline stepped from the cab of the John Wilkes last night at 10:08, he completed 54 years ...

Like his older brother, Peter Kline got his start in railroading in June 1908, as a water boy servicing steam engines when they stopped in White Haven. Peter Kline worked his way up to fireman and ...