A book was recently on eBay about one of the Railway Operating Battalions
but the auction was terminated by Ebay because of some rule infraction by
the seller. John Budd was the deputy commander of the unit. I think the
book was from David Brosnan's (retired Southern Railway President)
collection.
BRAD
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From: "Virginia Edgar" <vje68@hotmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 9:52 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] re: CB&Q & military
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> To get us a bit more on subject: as many of you know Ralph Budd took a
side
> job for FDR re: RR's & WWII efforts. Also the Q was 1 of two doz RR's to
> sponsor it's own Ry Operating Battalion made up of Q employees (as did C&S
> as I recall for you west enders). Question: anyone on the list a mbr of
> that Q or C&S battalion or son or friend of someone who was? I've been in
> written communications to several Q vets who were - as with all WWII vets
> they are dying off quickly so time to get more of those stories "on the
> record". My own father (still with us & in good shape @ 84) was not in
such
> a battalion (was Army Air Corps with P-38's in the Pacific) but having a
> father who was a Q employee did mean the one time he was assigned to a
troop
> train he got to ride & eat in the caboose rather than a "troop sleeper" or
> have to dine from the "troop kitchen car".
>
> Gerald A. Edgar
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