I started the thread after reviewing Don L Zinnecker's passenger car
list which shows the "Burlington" in Overland Park where I used to live
and still own a home. I was not aware of the car's existence in O.P.
Off line, I asked Don if he knew where in O.P. and he forwarded my
inquiry back the the list. Thanks to all who have responded. It appears
that the car is still in service where it ought to be and normally
stored in Topeka which makes sense.
My son went through the conductor's training program at Johnson County
Community College about 4 years ago and currently works for the Iowa,
Chicago and Eastern (formerly IMRL, CP, Soo, Milw). He found the
program to be excellent.
Bill Barber
On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 07:45 AM, BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
wrote:
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 16:07:44 -0600
From: "Russell Strodtz" <vlbg@e...>
Subject: Re: Re: Q Business Car "Burlington"
Roger,
Johnson County Community College is in Overland Park KS.
It is the site of BN/BNSF's Technical Training Center. There
is some equipment on static display on the college grounds.
Most significant relocation from that site has been the Dispatcher
training which has moved to a campus of Tarrant County Junior
College in Fort Worth.
There is also a small yard in Lenexa KS where some live equipment
is kept for Conductor training. Now, or course, that will include
locomotive remote control operation.
Never caught on to what this thread is about. CB&Q "Burlington"
became BN "Burlington Northern" and then BN "Mississippi River"
then BNSF 1. It shows as the East car in a string of 25 business cars
on track #416 at Topeka KS which would be the logical place for it
to be. BN's business car fleet was relocated from Murray Yard and
Springfield to Topeka very early in the merger process.
Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: <caboose9@c...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 07 January, 2003 14:50
Subject: [BRHSlist] Re: Q Business Car "Burlington"
William Barber wrote:
The only possibility that I could think of was that they moved it to
Johnson County Community College.
Where is Johnson County Community College?
Thanks, Roger, Montezuma County
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