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Re: [BRHSlist] CB&Q Minnesota Ops (was: Thanks)

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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] CB&Q Minnesota Ops (was: Thanks)
From: cy svobodny <ctsvobodny@y...>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 10:31:19 -0700 (PDT)
In-reply-to: <5.1.0.14.0.20020925212250.009f57a0@m...>
daytons bluff yard (st. paul) was the terminal for any
freights inbound from southeast(la crosse etc.) and
cars sent to other twin city railroad yards via
transfer runs w/nw-2s etc. for power see mike spoor's
number 2 and al holck's number 2 books for photos
--- Paul/Celine Kossart <kozys@t...> wrote:
> At 09:14 AM 9/20/02, you wrote:
> 
> > My question now is, other than the Twin Cities
> Zephyr, what freight 
> > routes would have existed in Minnesota in the
> mid-fifties? I really do 
> > not know where to look for this information in the
> area I live in.
> > Wally D.
> 
> 
> Hi Wally,
> 
> I'm not conversant on the 'Q up that way since my
> current area of modeling 
> interest is in the locale "somewhere" between
> Chicago and Galesburg, but I 
> recall recently reading about trains of coal from
> the Beardstown Division 
> and the coal fields there, coming up your way
> through Savanna. Others more 
> knowledgeable on the subject can fill you in on the
> particulars, or correct 
> me if I'm wrong. Either way, we'll both benefit !
> 
> Keep us posted on your progress.
> 
> Paul Kossart - Peru, Illinois, USA
> Modeling the CB&Q & fictional Illiniwek River Valley
> area in the 1960's.
>
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> "Serving Agriculture and Industry in the Illiniwek
> River Valley since 1904."
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