One interesting thing about Hull was that the station
name was "Hulls" and the town's name was "Hull".
John D. Mitchell, Jr,
--- archieh1946 <kliner@s...> wrote:
> Glen, You were correct in remembering the CB&Q on
> the east side of
> the Mississippi River near East Hannibal. I worked
> this job out of
> West Quincy in the 60's. It switched the industries
> in Illinois down
> to East Hannibal. After obtaining permission from
> the N&W bridge
> operator, we pulled out on the N&W main eastwardly
> and backed across
> the bridge and into the tunnel where we received
> orders to run to
> Hull, Ill. We would leave the N&W main onto CB&Q
> tracks that were
> landlocked in Hull. The tracks north and south of
> Hull had been
> abandoned earlier. This job was called the "Q&A".
> Depending on the
> size of our train, at least the rearend would enter
> the tunnel. On a
> side note, I cashed my first Burlinton pay check in
> the little bank
> of Hull with the salty old conductor vouching for
> me. Had to have
> some cash for beans. Archie Hayden
>
>
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