Newspaper article, Pioneer worked Union Pacific for life, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 23, 1973
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Newspaper article about Orien Stevens who worked on railroad for 48 years, from 1925 to 1973. The article discusses his retirement, positions he was able to hold, and work environment.2—Las Vegas Review-Journal—Sunday, September 23, 1973 End of line Pioneer worked Union Pacific for life By Robin Shoen RJ Staff Writer The railroad yards of Las Vegas will lose part of their history on Friday, when Orien "Buster" Stevens, 65, retires from the Union Pacific Railroad after 48 years of service. Self-proclaimed "last of the old-timers," Stevens, of 2732 N. Shield St. in North Las Vegas, started working for the railroad in 1925 at the age of 17, and has continued working for Union Pacific since then. When he started n 1925, the railroad yards employed about 2,000 persons. Now, only 30 persons work in the Las Vegas yards. Many of the workers were laid off, or jobs were cut out, in 1945, when the railroad replaced steam engines with diesel locomotives which require less personnel to maintain. Stevens was hired as an engine wiper in 1925, and then advanced to a stationary fireman in the power house, and was a water treater in the water treating plant. In 1928, he bi
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