Thomas E Burg

Thomas E. Burg was a railfan from infancy in his native Cincinnati, Ohio, when the whistle of a passing train awakened him daily from his nap. Following graduation from Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio, he attended graduate school at the University of Idaho, Moscow, earning a Master of Science degree in Organic Chemistry. It was here that he began a lifelong acquaintance with the Washington, Idaho and Montana (WI&M) Railway, subsequently researching its history.After leaving Idaho in 1967,...See more

Thomas E. Burg was a railfan from infancy in his native Cincinnati, Ohio, when the whistle of a passing train awakened him daily from his nap. Following graduation from Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio, he attended graduate school at the University of Idaho, Moscow, earning a Master of Science degree in Organic Chemistry. It was here that he began a lifelong acquaintance with the Washington, Idaho and Montana (WI&M) Railway, subsequently researching its history.After leaving Idaho in 1967, Mr. Burg served a career as a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, retiring in 1999 to write this history. He considers himself to be a rail historian, model railroader, and collector of railroad artifacts, the largest of which is a full-size railroad caboose, naturally lettered for the WI&M. He is a member of the Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway History Preservation Group (WI&MRyHPG), Milwest, Milwaukee Road Historical Association, Museum of North Idaho, Latah County Historical Society, Potlatch Historical Society, the American Railroad Caboose Historical and Educational Society (ARCHES), and is an Operation Lifesaver presenter. He resides in Wisconsin. See less