One day when I was little I was sitting on a bed at my Great Grandparents farm house in Turlock, CA. Great Grandma showed me a jar of buttons. She dumped them out on the bed. I picked one up and asked, “GGma was GGpa in the army?” She said he worked on a train. I’ve never really got the full story. The gist of the story is that he worked as an Engineer. I’m figuring he worked for Santa Fe. My Grandfather was born in Newton, KS. Newton Kansas’ The history is intertwined with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Shortly after the birth of my Grandfather, my Great Grandparents move to a farm in California. Here is a picture of my GGpa on a Case Steam Tractor. Photo was taken somewhere near Lodi, CA.