Monmouth was CG
Creston CR
Red Oak RO
Hastings HS
Pacific Jct JN
Kansas City UN
These were telegraph call signs
Lenny
----- Original Message -----
From: John D. Mitchell, Jr.
To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] FW: Station Identifiers
"GT" was Galesburg
John D. Mitchell, Jr.
--- "David E. Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@m...> wrote:
> OK listers, have at it...I know Burlington's OS was
> BN...
>
> Remember to include Craig's address in your replies!
>
> Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CPKozak@a... [mailto:CPKozak@a...]
> Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 11:26 AM
> To: brhs@n...
> Subject: Station Identifiers
>
>
> Friends,
> I'm not sure if you're the ones to ask, but
> perhaps you can help me
> out. I am modeling a section of the Burlington from
> Galesburg, IL, to
> Omaha, NE. I know that Amtrak uses 3 letter codes
> for cities (GBB for
> Galesburg, CRN for Creston, etc.) but wonder if you
> do the same. To be as
> prototypical as possible, I'd love to know how the
> CB&Q identified the
> following towns on the old Burlington main line:
>
> Chicago, IL
> Galesburg, IL
> Monmouth, IL
> Burlington, IA
> Creston, IA
> Red Oak, IA
> Hastings, IA
> Pacific Junction, IA
> Omaha, NE
> Kansas City, MO
>
> If it makes any difference, I'm modeling the
> late 60s just prior to
> the BN mergers. Thank you so much for your help!
>
> Craig Kozak
> CPKozak@a...
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
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>
>
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