He then worked in railroad shops and later politics until his death.

While the various local railroad shops still employ over a thousand people, they are no longer the driving economic engine of the area.

By the early years of the 20th century, the railroad shops employed 1,000 people in Lima.

Employment was found in the mines and railroad shops.

Spring was on when the strike came in the railroad shops.

As the weeks passed, the strike in the railroad shops grew bitter and deadly.

The city was a manufacturing powerhouse until the early 1970s, when the railroad shops closed.

To make matters worse, the railroad shops closed in 1970, eliminating 1,500 jobs from Barelas.

A year later, in 1911, the railroad shops and mill had moved and the town began a slow decline.

An athletic field behind the railroad shops in Columbus became the team's practice field.