This use to be the signal inspectors office/car. He also lived in Wataga
Don Seeger(the son of the dispatcher who wrote the Red Oak Depot issue)
sjh
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From: "Ralph W. Brown, Jr." <cbq682@grics.net>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 9:08 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Havelock Car
> To All:
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> I have uploaded some photographs that I have taken of Havelock Baggage Car
1030 to the BRHS Photos section today. This car is in the siding in Wataga,
IL. I first noticed it a couple of years ago. According to Burlington
Bulletin No. 36, this car was built 02/14/1951 and was converted to BN
976108 in 08/1973. On page 55, in the lower right hand corner, is a
photograph of this car in 10/1981.
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> When I first noticed this car, it was coupled to another baggage type car.
All of the doors on both cars were intact and I assume these cars were used
for storage. In photo Havelock 1, I have a shot of the car when I first
noticed it.
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> While on patrol in Wataga one day, I noticed that the other baggage car
that was coupled to the Havelock car had been cut down to the frame with a
torch. Fearing that this might be the next step for the Havelock car, I
returned last month to record what might be its final days. In photo
Havelock 6, I have a shot of the other baggage car.
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> In Havelock 3, laying on the ground to the right of the car is a pile of
debris. Contained in this debris is the doors to the Havelock car. In
looking at the debris and the interior of the car, it appears that someone
had set fire to the inside. The wood part of the floor of the car is
charred and completely gone in some spots. The only thing left in the car
was a bunch of scrap and several metal cabinets. In one cabinet is three
shelves full of old glass insulators used on telegraph/electricity poles.
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> I am not sure what is going to happen to the car. BNSF has a small shanty
and a fenced in area with spare signals and other parts next to the cars. I
will be keeping an eye on the car. I would guess that there are not too
many Havelock Baggage Cars left. And I thought it worth mentioning.
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> R.W. Brown, Jr.
> Galesburg, IL
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