About the Albia trackage, I would guess from the Government track
put in, is the one that runs up through Lovilla and that the other
track that runs off on the west side of town came later sence the old
Wabash tracks that are still there, connect to the east side BN
tracks?
I know a guy from a model car list I am on that went to the Fairfield
College in the 60s.
Where was the depot located in Albia?
Larry Doub
--- In BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com, "Steven Holding" <s.holding@c...>
wrote:
> Steve
> The building of the Red Rock Dam on the put the track under water.
Due to
> the traffic or lack of it the Government would only put in one
track to be
> shared by the CB&Q and the Wabash. Some trackage was Wabash and
other Q
> with the dispatching done by each company for a three year period.
The
> first Track Warrents the NS used were on the Albia Branch.
Likewise the
> last train orders the BN used on the Chicago Div. were on the
Albia Branch.
> Depots were often seperate so the men could smoke, chew and spit
while the
> ladies were kept clean in there own waiting room
> sjh
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: STEPHEN WYLDER <crewswylder@m...>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 10:57 PM
> Subject: [BRHSlist] Albia depot and the "Capital City Limited."
>
>
> > I'm working on an article about a 24-hour trip I made in 1966,
when I was
> 15: RI No. 9, Iowa City-Des Moines; CB&Q mixed No. 28, Des Moines-
Albia; Q
> No. 10, Albia-Burlington; RI No. 201, Burlington-West Liberty; and
back on
> No. 9 W. Lib.-Iowa City.
> >
> > The crew on board No. 28, the "Capital City Limited," told me
that some of
> the track I was riding on would soon be underwater. Were they
right? I
> remember the Albia station being red brick, but another source said
it was
> wooden. The Albia station made an impression on me because it
appeared to
> be segregated--not by race, but by sex--with the men's waiting room
> resembling the "colored" waiting rooms of the South. I suspect this
> segregation wasn't enforced, but I wondered whether a foreign
anthropologist
> visiting the depot might have concluded that America was a
matriarchal
> society.
> >
> > I recall a sign outside the Fairfield station proclaiming the
town the
> "Home of Parsons College--the notorious "Flunk-Out U." that later
was sold
> to the Maharishi.
> >
> > Memory can play tricks after 35 years. I'd appreciate any help
from the
> group.
> >
> > Steve Wylder
> >
> >
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