Re: [CBQ] CB&Q "Ghost" Train

[Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com]

There has been no passenger service on the  Republican Valley line between 
Wymore and Oxford since March 58 when trains 15-16 (motor trains) were 
discontinued.

Last service between Wymore and St. Joe via Table Rock and Napier was IIRC Feb 
1962 when trains 89-42 and 41-90 were discontinued.

Pete






-----Original Message-----
From: dcm01083 <dmoore@rrmail.com>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, Apr 25, 2010 11:18 am
Subject: [CBQ] CB&Q "Ghost" Train


 

I hope someone can help me figure this out. In looking through an August 1969 
Official Guide under the CB&Q as well as an April 1971 issue (last before 
Amtrak) I see a notation for all stations on the line crossing the very 
southern tier of Nebraska that indicates On the line indicated. Not shown in 
time-tables. There is not any symbol showing For freight only. The line enters 
the state at Rulo,passes through Table Rock, Pawnee, Superior, Red Cloud and 
Orleans before joining the Chicago-Denver mainline at Oxford. Was this possibly 
a mail and express train or a single coach passenger train that was run in 
order to protect some bygone tax agreement? Perhaps someone has an employee 
timetable from this period that could shed some light on the subject. Thanks 
for any help.







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