Bill, That must have been the Lines East Band. I
believe as I have the banner for the Lines West Band
from Lincoln. Can anyone shine any light on Q Bands ?
--- William Franckey <budapest@g...> wrote:
> List, There were many baseball teams on the Q and
> some represented not only
> the railroad but even different departments in the
> terminals. In Galesburg,
> we had a CB&Q Band but the strangest had to be the Q
> Polo Club made up of
> roundhouse shop workers before the 1900's. The one
> photo which we have is
> the CB&Q Steel Car Shops Baseball team complete with
> the Burlington Route
> herald displayed on the canvas sports equiptment
> bag, Yet I find the Polo
> Club thing hard to grasp. WAF
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gregory Myers"
> <myers.gregory@w...>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 6:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] CB&Q Baseball
>
>
> > Of no relevance to this, but it did remind me of
> something that I haven't
> > thought about in years. I played on a little
> league team in Ottumwa, IA in
> > 1959 & 60 sponsored by the CB&Q - named the
> "Zephyrs." I wonder if that
> was
> > typical of the RR's involvement in communities
> they served?
> >
> > Greg Myers
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David E. Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@m...>
> > To: <BRHSList@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 3:40 PM
> > Subject: [BRHSlist] CB&Q Baseball
> >
> >
> > > Occasionally I've seen photos with CB&Q
> sponsored baseball players.
> I've
> > > always assumed that these were CB&Q employees.
> There is a historical
> > group
> > > in Burlington that is preparing a book on
> Burlington, Iowa-related
> > postcards
> > > and have asked for more information on a post
> card they have of a team
> > from
> > > West Burlington. Does anyone on the list have
> any more detailed
> > information
> > > about these teams? Did they play in a local
> league, or did they play
> > other
> > > CB&Q teams?
> > >
> > > David Lotz
> > > (314-846-8632
> > > * E-mail: Dave_Lotz@m...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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