I should probably ask on little details, but....

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Lives of railway construction workers in America circa 1892/3.
Google is not quite getting me where I need to go.

Got anything?

Yes, fandom people who recognize the year in question, it's for fic.

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1893: the Pullman strike, one of the most violent episodes in US labor history. I'm away from my library but can give you references early next week -- in the meantime, try searching Google. You should turn up lots of evidence on working/living conditions, especially near Chicago, where there was a Pullman company town.

Incidentally, this also intersects with the history of the World's Columbian Exposition, which I was toying with using in a fic about Jack in the US, so GMTA.