Ray wins the prize. Yet to be determined.
Early Railroad names often came from people who helped build the RR
Hinckley ; Francis E. Hinckley and Waterman ; Daniel B. Waterman an Aurora
hardware merchant. Sometimes the names are lost in history to those who use
them every day C&I a lot of people do not know what it means. There use
to be a much used track at Oregon called the CB&N. Even in more modern
times people get honored Perkins, Budd, and Murphy. Just as someone tried
to compile a list of people who acheived fame and were railroaders it would
be neat to compile a list of the names and where it came from for the
railroad.
Often books are written on names found in each state. I once did a college
paper on RR names
sjh
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From: <cttnghmrl@a...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Re: those ghost towns
> Never heard of Merle Jct., Giles, Togo or the Dirty Side, but Clarion IL
is
> about 5 miles southwest of Mendota in the northeast corner of Bureau
County.
> It is shown in the DeLorme Illinois Atlas & Gazetteer. Oh yes, a railroad
> formerly known as the CB&Q runs thru it. Hope this doesn't ruin anyone's
> party.
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> Ray C.
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