Mike
Jacksonville was switched by the local out of
Beardstown. Over the years it had different terminals
(turn around points). At various times, it turned at
Litchfield, Virden, and Jacksonville itself. It also
had different frequancies of operation; sometimes
daily, sometimes three day per week. It was scheduled
for while and then ran as an extra. It even was a
mixed train for a while. Switching limits (i.e.) an
assigned yard engine) were not established at
Jacksonville. The name was the Jax local which was a
holdover from the Jax Line days.
John D. Mitchell, Jr.
--- Tom Barrett <barrett@g...> wrote:
> When I hired out in 1973 on the Galesburg
> Division I believe their
> was a local that run out of Beardstown called the
> Jack Local, I am assuming
> this may have been a carryover from the old Q days
> since allot of the jobs
> we had were basically the same, I am not sure
> though, I have a good freind
> that is 2nd trick operator/bridgetender at
> Beardstown, will try to get in
> touch with him and see what he can find out, he has
> been in the process of
> moving and haven't heard from him in awhile but if
> do will see if he minds
> you emailing him, he quite a history buff in the
> area, by the way I grew up
> near Beardstown what is the book going to be about.
> Tom Barrett
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Spoor <CBQRR@j...>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 7:06 PM
> Subject: [BRHSlist] Jacksonville ILL
>
>
> > Can anyone supply me with any data on how
> Jacksonville was switched
> > during the 1960s? Being south of Beardstown, was
> there a way freight
> > that worked south out of Beardstown? I am
> assuming that it did not rate
> > its own switcher, so was there a job out of
> Beardstown ?
> >
> > The next book is just a few captions away from
> being completed.
> > Jacksonville is one of the towns I need some help
> with.
> >
> > Mike Spoor
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
>
>
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