Geoffrey H Doughty

Doughty grew up in Winnetka, Illinois, watching the "400s" of the Chicago & North West Railway. His association and interest in passenger train travel began abroad the New York Central Railroad when his parents took him and his brother east to visit their grandparents each summer. As a student of Franklin College of Indiana, he worked summers for the C&NW as a relief agent in both freight and passenger territory. After graduating from college with a bachelor's degree in history, he taught...See more

Doughty grew up in Winnetka, Illinois, watching the "400s" of the Chicago & North West Railway. His association and interest in passenger train travel began abroad the New York Central Railroad when his parents took him and his brother east to visit their grandparents each summer. As a student of Franklin College of Indiana, he worked summers for the C&NW as a relief agent in both freight and passenger territory. After graduating from college with a bachelor's degree in history, he taught for two years before joining the Maine Central Railroad's Operating Department. See less