Pete, thanks. Don't worry about the TT research, that's close
enough. When the CB&Q in Color, vol. 5 comes out, it is suppose to
have lots of Denver coverage. Maybe I can get some pics and more
details there.
--- In BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com, PSHedgpeth@a... wrote:
> I'll attempt an answer strictly from memory...I don'thave an old TT
to refer
> to.
>
> The Coloradoan No. 19wB and 6 EB was basically a mail and express
train with
> a coach or two..
>
> I think No. 19 left Chicago in the late am and made lots of
stops...It was in
> Lincoln (where most of my memories of the train were made in the
mid 50's)
> about 11:20-midnight IIRC...The train was switched and serviced at
Lincoln..it
> was here quite awhile...It then went on west making the local
stops...Seems
> like it got to Denver around Noon or so.
>
> EB No. 6 left Denver in the afternoon...It got to McCook where it
laid for
> several hours and then came on east..Got to Lincoln in the early am
5-6 plus
> minus....Then ran local across Iowa to Chicago.
>
> Sometime in the early to mid 60's it was consolidated with, I
think, the
> Nebraska Zephyr.east of Lincon. .I seem to recall seeing photos of
a very heavy
> No. 11 and/or 12 (Nebraska Zephyr) taken by Corbin..maybe even on
a calendar.
>
> It definitely was not a lightweight train..Might have had a LW
coach or
> sleeper from time to time...It was not a train a non railfan would
want to ride...
>
> If someone doesn't come up with better info, I've got some 1950's
TT's which
> can give exact times if anyone is interested.
>
> Pete
>
>
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