Another name that railroad is the Jersey Central. Here's the cover of his rules book that shows a crease where he used to fold it to carry in his pocket.
Having suffered such a horrendous accident PopPop was always one to stress safety to his grandchildren.
I looked at the exam card below and wondered why it was so neat and unsigned. It wasn't until I scanned it that I noticed the typo in the name, spelling "Estilow" as "Eastlow." Most likely they typed out a correctly spelled one which he signed and carried. Perhaps they let him have this rather than throw it away.
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It was common for brakemen to lose an arm or a leg by being crushed between the couplers. Sam was lucky that he survived the gangrene. My father had a friend who visited us regularly in the 1960s. We called him Mr. Louie. Mr. Louie was a brakeman and a signal man who lost his arm in a similar accident. I always watched in amazement when Mr. Louie came to dinner and was able to eat so effortlessly using just one arm.
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