Harvey Springstead was a prominent locomotive engineer on the New York Division of the Erie Railroad and a community leader after moving to town in 1890 with his wife Mary. Known for keeping one of the cleanest and best maintained engines in the U.S., he earned every award the Erie offered and was made Foreman of the Road, overseeing the division's engineers. Born in 1856 to Peter and Emily Springstead of Jersey City, New Jersey, he worked on the Jersey City and Bergen Street car line around 1870, became an Erie fireman in 1873 at age 17, and married Mary Jackson of Port Jervis in 1877. He became an engineer in 1886, moved to Orvil, now Waldwick, in 1891, and held local offices including township committee man, township treasurer, special tax collector, and chairman until union rules forced his resignation. In 1897 he became Foreman of the Engines for the New York division. Assigned Baldwin G-15 class engine 970 in 1904, he operated it for 21 years with only 2 failures and half as many rebuilds as typical engineers. In 1910 he became the first engineer to have his name in gold letters on the side of his engine, and in 1915 he was the first to receive the Order of the Red Spot for exceptional efficiency, renewing membership every month and remaining on the list for 14 continuous years. In 1917 newspapers recognized his extraordinary effort in bringing a train through a blizzard that crippled the New York City area, and he was mentioned in several publications including the Saturday Evening Post. Mary died in 1922 after 45 years of marriage, he married Hazel Clark in 1923, was assigned K1 Class locomotive 2531 in 1925, retired in 1929 after 56 years of service, moved to Cory, Pennsylvania, and died in 1933 at age 78.