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 ...