Editing Walter Chrysler (section)

==Railroad career==
Chrysler apprenticed in the railroad shops at Ellis as a [[machinist]] and railroad mechanic. He then spent a period of years roaming the west, working for various railroads as a [[Railway roundhouse|roundhouse]] mechanic with a reputation of being good at [[Valve gear|valve-setting jobs]]. Chrysler moved frequently, first to  [[Wellington, Kansas]], in 1897, then to [[Denver, Colorado]] for two weeks, and finally [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chryslerclub.org/walterp.html |title=A Brief Look at Walter P. Chrysler |last=Petersen |first=Mike |publisher=WPC News |website=chryslerclub.org |date=November 1986}}</ref> Some of his moves were due to restlessness and a quick temper, but his roaming was also a way to become more well-rounded in his railroad knowledge. He worked his way up through positions such as foreman in [[Trinidad, Colorado]], superintendent, division master mechanic, and general master mechanic.

During 1905 and 1906, Chrysler worked for the [[Fort Worth and Denver Railway]] in [[Childress, Texas|Childress]] in [[West Texas]]. He later lived and worked in [[Oelwein, Iowa]], at the main shops of the [[Chicago Great Western]], where there is a small park dedicated to him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oelwein.fun/parks |title=Oelwein Municipal Parks|website= City of Oelwein Online}}</ref><ref name="TMoY">{{cite magazine|url= http://www.time.com/time/subscriber/personoftheyear/archive/stories/1928.html|title= Person of the Year 1929 – Walter P. Chrysler|magazine= [[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date= January 7, 1929|access-date= April 15, 2011|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110127012618/http://www.time.com/time/subscriber/personoftheyear/archive/stories/1928.html|archive-date= January 27, 2011}}</ref>

The pinnacle of his railroading career came at [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], where he became works manager of the Allegheny locomotive erecting shops of the [[American Locomotive Company]] (Alco). While working in Pittsburgh, Chrysler lived in the town of [[Bellevue, Pennsylvania|Bellevue]], the first town outside of Pittsburgh on the north side of the [[Ohio River]].