HI ALL
one of the reroutes from the CB&Q days i know of was in 1954 I believe
when kansas city had some bad flooding and my dad has color slides of the
Santa Fe passenger trains came through burlington iowa includeing the alco
pa they had.Dont know were the went back to there own tracks.Dont know what
the frieght trains did at this time either.
BILL EWINGER
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Keil <rkeil6721@h...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 6:57 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Detour Rules
> All, with some of the recent postings about the flooding along the
> Mississippi, I have a question. In the days of the Q, how would (and
would
> they) other RRs detour their trains onto Q trackage. Would some special
> rules apply so that foreign roads could operate, would Q crews take over
the
> motors, or would Q engines be assigned as leads so that they had Q crews
and
> the right signalling (cab) equipment. Thanks
>
> Rick Keil
> Omaha, NE
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