Re: [CBQ] Railroad operations

[archie hayden <kliner@mywdo.com>]

Not to mention bus and truck lines.
On Mar 5, 2011, at 8:26 AM, John D. Mitchell, Jr. wrote:

> Good points Leo. The Q called their landfill, the Herrin Junction  
> Gob Track. And lets don't forget the the Galesburg Tie Plant and the  
> Aurora Concrete Plant (pre fabricated pilings, bridge decks, signs,  
> fence posts and much more). The Q also had its own brass foundry and  
> testing laboratory. At one time the Q even operated their own  
> steamboat.
>
> --- On Sat, 3/5/11, qutlx1@aol.com <qutlx1@aol.com> wrote:
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> From: qutlx1@aol.com <qutlx1@aol.com>
> Subject: [CBQ] Railroad operations
> To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, March 5, 2011, 8:11 AM
>
>
>
> And of a few more bullet points on how self contained the RRs were:
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> -they owned gravel pits for fill and ballast
> -they owned coal operations for fuel
> -they operated their own landfills(of course they weren't called that)
> -they had their own internal courts and systems of justice(called
> investigations)
> -they recycled their own equipment
>
> I believe an upcoming Zephyr has an article on the last point
>
> Leo Phillipp
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