No more drinking on the PRR. I dont think we can imagine early railroading, a couple of drinks may have helped.
lMarch 11, 1854 To reduce on-duty drinking by employees, the Pennsylvania Railroad Road Committee considers ordering a ban on the sale of all liquor and beer on any PRR property and to prohibit stopping trains at any public house where liquor is sold. The order is toned down by amendment to simply prohibiting the sale of liquor on PRR property.
It was a world we can barely imagine. Yes, we can read about it but those folks would be as shocked by all we have now as we would be to be suddenly thrust into that time.
