Mr. Franckey,
Thank you for the response and enlightenment. These puzzle pieces all
seem to fit together rather nicely indeed. May I use some of your
information on my website? I will of course credit you and Mr.
Mitchell.
'Preciate it!
Bill
(the other one)
--- In BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com, "William Franckey" <budapest@g...>
wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen fits nice with those letters and I have
> another Galesburg photo roughly about the same time. The locomotive is also
> displaying BRT with some illegible printing. The problem is that these are
> probably switch engines at the old yard at Cedar Street close to the
> transfer. The one thing that was happening about this time is closing of
> the old yard and the rush to move operations to the new gravity humps south
> of Galesburg. It seemed to me that there was some interest taken by the
> railroad men and the City of Galesburg that the problems associated with the
> noisy operations were disappearing out of the city limits.
>
> Also another problem is that the big strike of 1877 and the Great Q Strike
> of 1888 was still fresh in everyones mind and even though the switchmen
> showed some support for the Brotherhood of the Footboard, it doesn't seem
> likely that the locomotives assigned to enginemen would be running around
> proclaiming notable designations for trainmen. Remember things were not
> well at all and the Shopmens Strike was yet to come but of course there is
> always another way of looking at this. I wish the photo I have was a little
> clearer as there is only so much Photoshop can do.............Bill
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 9:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Re: BRT? Educate me!
>
>
> > Well, for one thing there was no such thing as
> > "Burlington Route Transfer", and for another "BRT" was
> > the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainman. They frequently
> > used special trains or special cars on regular trains
> > for their trips to the international conventions,
> > which in past years were HUGE deals!
> > John
> > --- "billselleck <buklyjuice@a...>"
> > <buklyjuice@a...> wrote:
> > > John,
> > >
> > > Thank you for the response. Can you elaborate? What
> > > directs you to this
> > > conclusion?
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com, "John D. Mitchell,
> > > Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
> > > wrote:
> > > > It most surely was a special train to a BRT
> > > > convention.
> > > > John D. Mitchell, Jr.
> > > > --- "billselleck <buklyjuice@a...>"
> > > > <buklyjuice@a...> wrote:
> > > > > Thanks John,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have heard two theories. BRT stands for the
> > > > > Brotherhood of Railroad
> > > > > Trainmen OR it stands for Burlington Route
> > > Transfer.
> > > > > Does anyone out
> > > > > there have a guess as to how it might realte to
> > > this
> > > > > photo that claims
> > > > > to be taken in Galesburg?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com, "John D.
> > > Mitchell,
> > > > > Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, one of the
> > > > > > forerunners of United TRansportion Union
> > > (UTU).
> > > > > > John D. Mitchell, Jr.
> > > > > > --- "billselleck <buklyjuice@a...>"
> > > > > > <buklyjuice@a...> wrote:
> > > > > > > Listers,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I have this picture of a "BRT locomotive and
> > > > > crew"
> > > > > > > that claims to be
> > > > > > > taken at Galesburg. What does BRT stand for,
> > > at
> > > > > > > least in terms of the
> > > > > > > Galesburg area? I am trying to come up with
> > > a
> > > > > proper
> > > > > > > caption for it on
> > > > > > > my site. Educate me please.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The picture is at:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > http://www.billselleck.net/Images/galleries/mystuff/BRTcrew.jpg
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Many thanks,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Bill Selleck
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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