John Brewer Home

ID: 982
This file appears in: Omaha Railroad Shops

Brewer worked as a locomotive fireman for the Omaha Railroad and lived at 720 W. Armstrong (built in 1886).

Date: September, 2013

Photo by: Kimmy Tanaka

This file appears in: Omaha Railroad Shops

By Dave Riehle
Constructed beginning in the late 1800’s, the railroad shops of the Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (the “Omaha”) at Randolph and Toronto Streets employed nearly 1,000 workers for the…