Thanks Ken, As I'm focusing on Galesburg, the passenger and freight cars
built here are of interest. We only have one litho picture taken from an
1858 map of the depot showing examples of passenger coaches. The same year
the Q operated Sleeping Cars. With a magnifying glass, I'm counting windows
on the coaches in the quest for matching this early form of travel. What
I'm uncovering in micro-film is the endless output from the Aurora Shops,
especially during the late 1870's and early 80's. Seems like when there was
a downturn in business, parts of the Q system hunkered down but Aurora Shops
stayed busy. Can't quite remember where the information on the DELMONICO
is, but it too was to have come out of Aurora, and into regular service1868
again followed by the sixteen wheeled COSMOPOLITAN in 1869. Would like to
hear more about early Aurora Shops and very early car building programs of
the Q. Thanks again, Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken martin" <kmartin@c...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 12:46 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Re: steam to the pipe
> "William Franckey" <budapest@g...> wrote:
>
> > Dear List, Does anyone have an idea of what kind of early
> > passenger coaches were used by the CB&Q in the mid to late
> > 1850's? Were passenger cars from the Aurora Branch extended
> > to the CMT ? If so does anyone have an idea to the makers
> > name? I have some early Q reports but the information is stored
> > out of harm's way.
> >
> > Bill:
>
> I sent the question to Bill Glick and his response was:
>
> The most info I have seen is in Ralph Bargers "A Century of Pullman Cars"
Vol
> II, it references cars built in Aurora in the 1860s. Some for the CB&Q. It
is
> really hard to find both exterior photos or drawings and floor plans to
match.
> But this is the best source I have found.
>
> Both available on www.Amazon.com
>
> Ken Martin
>
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