On a train, Smith, Robinson and Jones are the fireman, brakeman, and engineer, but NOT respectively. Also aboard the train are three businessmen who have the same names: a Mr. Smith, a Mr. Robinson, and a Mr. Jones. Who is the engineer?
Mystery Master's thoughts on this puzzle: Where everybody lives is not completely clear. Two cities, Chicago and Detroit are given, but the name of the city between them is not, so I called it "Halfway". You also can't pinpoint where everybody lives, so I force each person to live in one of the three cities. Therefore, in clue (4), I took the brakeman's neighbor to be somebody who lives in his city. For clues (3) and (4), I took into account that $20,000 is not exactly divisible by 3 ($6,666.66...).