kammfive@a... wrote:
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> The number of mixed train photos in the 2000 calendar and my own interest in
> these trains brings up a question. How were passengers handled if there was
> any switching to be done in a town? I assume that the coach or rider car
> would be left at the depot if at all possible.
Based upon a single hazy memory from when I was nine, riding the B&NW
mixed from Washington, IA to Mediapolis, the coach was left at the depot
while local switching was done. When we arrived at Mediapolis and my
father and I detrained, we walked down the tracks to watch them switch -
I distinctly remember the coach standing behind us at the depot . . .
Marshall
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