Bob,
Yes, I think the point was that if a car left Chicago on #61 every
possible connection to every major destination was covered by
the same number.
There were Willis Yard to Savanna trains for each Clyde to Savanna
train.
Whether all these connections were ever made is a different story.
Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, 12 May, 2002 17:27
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Livestock Trains
> #61 and #62 also ran between Beardstown and St Louis in the 50's.
>
> Bob.
>
> From: Russell Strodtz
> Doug/Ray,
>
> The CB&Q only used a small number series for freight train numbers.
> The were constantly repeated from route to route.
>
> Between 60 and 99 there are only 40 possible numbers and they had
> to cover all thru and local freights. For example there was a #97
> from Clyde to Savanna and a #97 from Willis Yard to Savanna.
> There was also a mixed train from Ft Madison to Birmingham as #97.
> Creston to Cumberland was #97
>
> On a few branch lines they did get into the 100-120 series but these
> were generally Motor Cars that made more than one trip per day or
> that had different schedules on different days of the week.
>
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