Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Chicago Great Western Railroad Company.

The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (BRT) was founded at Oneonta, New York, in 1883 as a protective and insurance organization for its members. In the late 1950s it affiliated itself with the AFL-CIO. In 1969 the BRT merged with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, and the Switchmen's Union of North America to form the United Transportation Union.

The Grand Lodge (general office) of the BRT was located at Cleveland, Ohio. Individually-numbered subordinate BRT lodges, which apparently were organized or grouped together by carrier, were located in cities and towns along the various companies' lines. Each subordinate lodge was headed by a "local chairman." There were at least 13 subordinate BRT-Chicago Great Western lodges located in Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri.

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