12 November 2010 North America

CHICAGO'S 1ST WOMAN TRAIN DRIVER RETIRES

Vallorie O'Neil was the first woman appointed as a locomotive driver on the old Burlington Northern Railroad, before the Chicago Metra system came into being - and in due course she was the first on that system, too. She began her railway career as a conductor, almost four decades ago. From 1976 to

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