Re: [CBQ] Louis' mystery photo location Identified

["Louis Zadnichek via Groups.Io" <LZadnichek=aol.com@groups.io>]

July 13, 2018

Pete - Thanks. There's so few of us left that genuinely remember the Q, and even fewer who were actually employed by the Q. My dad was a great story teller and had a world of operating knowledge and memories of both Lines East and West that dated from the late 1930s to the late 1960s, but very unfortunately went to the "big General Office Building in the sky" much too early at age 66. Having spent time as an assistant division superintendent at Omaha in the mid-1950s, dad certainly could've described train operations in exacting detail. Many of the names of operating officials mentioned in the Denver Zephyr text within BB No. 55 were all colleagues of my dad and I remember meeting them as a youth.  But, too many cigarettes, fatty foods and high stress that lead to heart disease resulted in dad's ultimate undoing. Speaking as his son all these years later, I can testify to the fact that all middle and upper level operating officials on the Q spent their careers in a high pressure cooker working environment. May be some one will eventually come along who can tell us more about how dispatching and operations were handled between Lincoln and Omaha - Best Regards - Louis 

In a message dated 7/13/2018 1:06:18 PM Central Standard Time, jpslhedgpeth=aol.com@groups.io writes:

Louis..I'll again say, I don't really know details of how the dispatching was handled..All I can say is that during my time the dispatchers were all in the Lincoln Depot...There was one DS who handled the CTC line west of Lincoln..and there was a "branch line dispatcher"  and I think there was another dS who handled the Omaha Divison..probably to Omaha and maybe over to Balfour just east of P Junc where the Creston DS took over.

That's about all I know.

Pete

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From: Louis Zadnichek via Groups.Io <LZadnichek=aol.com@groups.io>
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Sent: Fri, Jul 13, 2018 11:08 am
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Louis' mystery photo location Identified

July 13, 2018

Pete - Perhaps, you and your Omaha friends from the Q era could contribute something on this subject.  My memory isn't what it used to be, but I don't recall any focused articles on Omaha/Lincoln dispatching in past BRHS Bulletins.  I agree with Tristan that this would be an interesting Lines West subject. Best Regards - Louis 

In a message dated 7/12/2018 6:48:34 PM Central Standard Time, tristan556=aol.com@groups.io writes:

For me this raises some additional questions: how long did the operator at Ashland exist and how was the dispatching method divided from Lincoln to Plattsmouth and around the Omaha Line?

Seems that information from the Lines West, especially around the Omaha/Lincoln area is somewhat limited pertaining to operation and dispatching.

Tristan Dwyer

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