[CBQ] Re: Fwd: Inbound cars for Lee center

[Jack Ferris <fhs1955@gmail.com>]

Regarding the composite gons, I worked for the Iowa Highway Department 
(now Iowa DOT) during the summers of 1957-1959 as a materials 
inspector.  I'm not sure which summer it was, but Comanche Limestone 
quarry SW of Farmington, Iowa on the CB&KC branch was loading them with 
rip-rap.  I don't remember exactly how many cars the siding into the 
quarry could hold but I'm thinking 8-10.  Some loads were shoved into 
the interchange track in Farmington for movement over the RI, others 
held in the siding in Farmington until they had around 20 cars or so 
that were to move on the Q.  That meant a GP-7 was assigned that day to 
handle the train, but even then it sometimes meant doubling the hill up 
to Dry Ridge east of Farmington.  I vividly remember riding the cab of 
the Geep during a thunderstorm one night as they took the first cut up 
the hill.  It seems to me there was a siding at Franklin about midway 
between Farmington and Donnelson,  but I'm open to correction by you 
guys with the track charts.  To this old geezer that was a long time ago 
and as you know, memory is about the first thing to go.

Jack Ferris


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