Most traffic was rerouted over the Santa Fe from Galesburg to Ft. Madison
and then up the K Line to Burlington.
Those more knowledgeable than I, please correct me if I'm wrong, but I've
been told that westbound passenger trains were wyed at Galesburg and pulled
to Ft. Madison with SF power, so that the Q power would be headed the right
direction to head up the K Line. The eastbounds were pulled by Santa Fe
power between Ft. Madison and Galesburg, then wyed to get the Q power going
the right direction.
Dave Lotz (who also spent many hours shoveling sand into sandbags with my
scout troop)
St. Louis
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken martin [mailto:kmartin@c...]
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 12:23 AM
To: BRHSlist@egroups.com
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] CB&Q units in Milwaukee
Jules Johnson wrote:
>
> Bob, don't forget that the mighty Mississippi did quite a lot of damage to
> the Q on the Illinois side at Burlington, Ia. I was to arrive at a
college
> in Fairfield, Ia. in June 1965(you know to stay out of the draft) and we
had
> to cross the river at Rock Island and travel south to Burlington to get
back
> on US 34. Would you have any idea where the trains would haved detoured
to,
> Ft Madison, Quincy, Rock Island? Oh well your message about your summer
of
> 1965 reminded me of this event.
>
In 1965 when the levee broke on the Illinois side the water went through the
underpass where hwy 34 went under the RR tracks. As I recall this lowered
the
hwy 30 feet and took out about 1000 ft of double track on a fill. By the
time
the water got to Gladstone the river was almost ten miles wide. I was in
Burlington Community College and worked filling sandbags over Easter break.
Ken Martin
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