Drew,
You might also check the CB&Q bibliography at the BRHS website; it
incorporates most, if not all, of the CB&Q volumes listed in the LOC on-line
catalog.
Ken Currie
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From: "jtl" <port.road@verizon.net>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 10:42 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] CB&Q research
> Drew,
>
> I was just at the Library of Congress web page the other day
downloading
> some MrSID maps of the Burlington Route. During my search there I noticed
> that they have what is probably a complete bibliography of all books,
> pamphlets, etc regarding the Burlington and Burlington Northern. Check
> there, you can use that as a list when calling libraries in your area...or
> you could convince your prof that you need to do a road trip to DC for
your
> research :-).
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeff
>
>
> In BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com, "werdnaregark" <werdnaregark@y...>
> wrote:
> > Howdy gentlemen,
> >
> > My name is Drew Krager, and I am living in Bensenville, IL (a suburb
> > of Chicago), while attending college. At this college I have been
> > requested to do a research paper and I am reporting on the CB&Q (and
> > at the same time brainstorming for my future layout!). I would like
> to
> > do a history of CB&Q/BN, using their decisions as a basis for a
> > present day CB&Q paint scheme. I am wondering if any of you would
> > have any suggestions as to where I could find information about
> either
> > railroad; why it purchased the equiptment it did; the merger,
> > specifically why it happened and why they called it what they did:
> > Burlington Northern. Any information, be it books, journals or
> simply
> > talking to a knowledgable person, would be greatly apperciated!
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Drew Krager
>
>
>
>
>
>
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