Hi Matt, Welcome to BRHSlist. I live up in Chicagoland. My folks
live in Princeton, IL (they moved there when I was in college in
~1982) and my grandfather lives in Neponset, IL. I meet Bob Oloffson
at the 1998 Burlington, IA BRHS meet; my Dad was there with me and
knows Bob. I also saw Bob & his wife at the 1999 Aurora BRHS meet as
well. Last August I went through Wyanet and snaped some photos of the
old water tower. It looks very much like Lionel's Industrial Water
Tower. If I ever finish my basement, I plan to build a layout based
on the CB&Q mainline in Bureau County, with Neponset as one of the
towns. Again, welcome to BRHSlist. Bill Hayward
--- In BRHSlist@egroups.com, "Matt Phalen" <railfan04@y...> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am a new list member but not a BRHS member. I am a sophmore at
> Bureau Valley High School in Manlius, Illinois. I will post on
here
> most of the time for my friend from here in town, Bob Oloffson.
Many
> of you may know Bob as he is a BRHS member. He does not have
> computer
> access and asks for me to posts things on egroups for him. I am
> going
> to do it for him but I do want to learn some about the CB&Q besides
> his stories of his career. Just wanted to introduce myself. I was
> going through the list names and I saw a lot of familar names.
>
> Matt Phalen
> Wyanet, IL
> BNSF Mendota Sub MP 111
> IAIS 1st Sub MP 130
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