RIBBON, MEMBERSHIP

Description: RIBBON, PIN AT TOP DEPICTS TRAIN, GAUGE, AND MAN SHOVELING COAL, RIBBON IS RED, GREEN AND CREAM WITH METAL TASSELS AT THE BOTTOM, MARKED “ALBERTA LODGE, NO. 735… ALTA.” SECOND RIBBON ATTACHED TO METAL CIRCLE DEPICTING TRAIN MARKED, “BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE… ENGINEMENT,” OTHER SIDE OF MAIN RIBBON IS BLACK MARKED “IN MEMORIAM…”

History: TRANSFER FROM ARCHIVES. PART OF PIONEER RESEARCHERS ASSOCIATION FONDS. NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, INTERVIEWED PETER LEWKO ON AUGUST 16, 2010 WITH REGARD TO THE RIBBON. HE WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTIFACT. HE SAID IT LIKELY CAME FROM A CONVENTION. HE HAD NOT SEEN AN EXAMPLE OF A REVERSABLE RIBBON MARKED "IN MEMORIAM..." BEFORE. HE SAID THE LAST STEAM LOCOMOTIVE CAME FROM COUTTS THROUGH LETHBRIDGE IN 1954. IT WAS DRIVEN BY DAVE HORNE. LEWKO SAID HE BROUGHT IN THE SECOND LAST ONE (5222) FROM MANYBERRIES. "THE BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN" WAS ORGANIZED IN 1873 BUT EVENTUALLY MERGED WITH THE ENGINEERS UNION. THE ORGANIZATION WAS RENAMED "THE BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN AND ENGINEMEN" AND EVENTUALLY BECAME "THE UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION" IN 1969. SEE ARCHIVES 19672472000, 19731001000, 19752303223, 19754249000, AND 20051071000. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.