Dear Mr Bump, I have given my Burlington reference material collection to
Knox College. Contained in that collection is blueprints of interior and
exterior plans of Q depots plus I remember blueprints for sign and door-way
lettering. Contact Carley Robison c/o Special Collections, Knox College
Galesburg, Illinois 61401.......309-341-7000 I don't remember the ext. She
might be able to set up an appointment. Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@m...>
To: <BRHSlist@egroups.com>
Cc: <clbumper@p...>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 8:42 AM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Lewistown, IL Depot
> The following is an email received by Steve Holding. There was a photo of
> the depot also sent which I've uploaded to the Files area of Egroups
(cedar
> street depot#2). Please reply to all if you can assist.
> Dear Mr. Holding,
> My name is Craig Bump. I live in Lewistown, Illinois. I'm part of a
> not-for-profit organization called The Friends of the Cedar Street Depot.
We
> are currently are not a very large group. There are only four of us in the
> group at the present time. My father is vice-president and there are also
> two ladies that are the president and the secretary-treasurer. We were
able
> to obtain the depot over a year ago. It was set to be torn down, but we
were
> able to save it. We also had to move the building 50 feet away from the
> railroad tracks it sets next to. The line that runs through Lewistown is
> still owned and operated by the BNSF railroad and is used mainly to haul
> coal out to the local power plant from the east coast. This depot is also
> currently #2 on the great American Station Foundation list of depots that
> are currently being saved in the entire United States. We have a lot of
work
> to go to restore it to be used as a museum. Also, the narrow gauge depot
> here in Lewistown has been obtained by another not-for-profit group here
in
> Lewistown and is also being restored. I was just wondering if you would
know
> where our group could possibly get pictures of the interior or old
> blueprints of any old depots like the one we have here in Lewistown.
> Something like that could really help in putting the interior back to the
> way it used to be. My email address is clbumper@p... Thank you very
> much.
>
>
>
>
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