Hi Bill,
That is so neat to talk to someone that knows my
territory. I hope when you do that layout you include
Wyanet of course since it is a Bureau County Town. I
would like to see that layout. The water tower here
in Wyanet is going to be torn down soon. It is old
and we are getting a new one. I will pass your
message on to Bob.
Matt Phalen
--- Bill Hayward <haywarb@b...> wrote:
> 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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