| June 17, 1939 | Railway Age | Vol. 106 No. 24 |
R.B. Miller has been appointed master mechanic, Kamloops division, British Columbia district, Canadian National, with headquarters at Jasper, Alta.
Burt J. Farr, general superintendent of motive power and car equipment of the Grand Trunk Western, with headquarters at Battle Creek, Mich., died at that point on June 10, after an extended illness. Mr. Farr was born at Ellenburg, N.Y., on September 18, 1876, and entered railway service in 1893 as a machinist apprentice on the Central Vermont. In 1898, he was promoted to machinist and two years later he was advanced to general foreman. In 1907, he went with the Northern Railway of Costa Rica as master mechanic and in 1910 he went with the Panama Railroad, serving in the engineering department. On January 1, 1915, after his return to this country, Mr. Farr was appointed general foreman on the Grand Trunk Western at Nichols, Mich., and a few months later he was appointed locomotive foreman. He was promoted to master mechanic on October 1, 1916, and two years later he was advanced to superintendent of motive power and car building at Detroit, Mich. Mr. Farr was further advanced to general superintendent of motive power and car equipment, with