Bill
Do you mean "correction"? You are right about the cabs
of those old steam engines in the summer, but then
again winter wasn't so swell either! It used to take a
tough breed of man to be a railroader. My mother (a RR
clerk) would disagree. Anyway that's back when "men
were men and the women were glad of it"!
John
--- bill_og <haywarb@b...> wrote:
> John,
>
> Thanks for the corrtection. The date was JUNE
> 06/22/02 for the
> Galesburg excursion and JUNE 06/23/02 for the
> Rochelle excursion.
>
> It was such a hot and humid day. Obviously my brain
> was cooked. I
> must not be hardy enough to ever be a fireman or
> engineer in the
> summer months!
>
> Bill H.
>
> --- In BRHSlist@y..., "John D. Mitchell, Jr."
> <cbqrr47@y...> wrote:
> > Bill
> > June is the sixth month of the year. Just pulling
> your
> > leg a little! Nice letter. Thanks
> > John D. Mitchell, Jr.
> > --- bill_og <haywarb@b...> wrote:
> > > My 9-year old daughter and I travelled on the
> MILW
> > > #261 steam
> > > excursion to Galesburg RR Days last Saturday
> > > 07/22/02. We boarded at
> > > Naperville Rt 59 station. Our coach was the 3rd
> car
> > > back from the
> > > last tender; we could hear the whitsle quite
> nicely.
> > > I had never
> > > ridden the rails to Galesburg before so it was a
> > > real treat to make
> > > the trip.
> > >
> > > Many folks out in the country and towns to watch
> the
> > > train pass.
> > > Outside of Aurora, an airplane was pacing the
> train
> > > with video
> > > cameras. Does anyone know of any of the RR
> video
> > > companies making a
> > > tape of these excusions or of Chicago 2002 steam
> > > excursions? I
> > > really enjoyed seeing Princeton, Buda, Neponset,
> and
> > > Kewanee from the
> > > rails since I have relatives in these towns.
> > >
> > > The refreshment car on the #261 train had hot
> dogs,
> > > candy, snacks,
> > > and various hot & cold beverages (we had dogs on
> the
> > > train). They
> > > also had #261 souveneers like hat pins, videos,
> > > posters, hats, etc.
> > > The unexpected find was original CB&Q posters of
> the
> > > "Parade of
> > > Progress" calendar drawing that they sold for
> only
> > > $10 (the catalog
> > > from Historic Rails recently listed this item
> for
> > > $30).
> > >
> > > We detrained at 1:30PM. This was also my first
> > > attendance at
> > > Galesburg RR Days (GRRD). We had snacks and
> food
> > > from the vendors by
> > > the depot (dogs, hamburgers, pork chops,
> barbeque,
> > > pop, ice cream,
> > > etc were all readilly available). We toured the
> > > Galesburg RR
> > > Museum's CB&Q #3006, waycar, RPO, and main
> exhibits
> > > in the MEATH
> > > Pullman car which were staffed with former rail
> > > roaders. We picked
> > > up some neat T-shirts with Ron Hatch drawings of
> the
> > > Silver Charger &
> > > #3006, a bear in engineer bibs, and a neat
> > > pencil-sketch print of the
> > > #5632 by Ron Hatch. My daughter was fascinated
> by
> > > the sketch, so I
> > > introduced her to Ron Hatch who was in the tent
> with
> > > his GRRD posters
> > > and other art-work. She spent at least 10
> minutes
> > > telling her mother
> > > about Ron & his drawings when we got home.
> > >
> > > We also saw many of the other depot area
> displays
> > > from BNSF, the
> > > trade unions, and Lionel's layout. Of course,
> we
> > > walked through the
> > > Nebraska Zephyr, which is one of our favorite
> > > trains.
> > >
> > > Due to delays with all the Amtrak and yard
> excursion
> > > Metra trains,
> > > the #261 train did not leave till after 4PM. I
> > > finally broke down to
> > > my daughter's request to buy her a pair of
> goggles
> > > on the train so
> > > that she could sit in the open-air car (2nd car
> > > after the last
> > > tender) without getting cinders in her eyes.
> For
> > > me, it was too hot
> > > to sit outside of the AC. It was also fun
> watching
> > > the manic train
> > > chasers in cars on US-34 trying to keep up with
> us
> > > and wildly passing
> > > the non-railfan cars(I think the #261 was doing
> 60
> > > mph out in the
> > > country). Matt Phalen of Wyanet was also on the
> #261
> > > with the NRHS
> > > staff; I talked with him for a bit.
> > >
> > > I had my doubts as to my daughter's interest in
> the
> > > trip over 11
> > > hours, but we both really liked it. I wish we
> would
> > > have had more
> > > time in Galesburg.
> > >
> > > Does anyone else have other reports on the #261
> trip
> > > and/or GRRD?
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any reports on the #261 trip to
> > > Rochelle on Sunday
> > > 07/23/02 ?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Bill H.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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