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[CBQ] CRI&P's tie to the CB&Q

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Subject: [CBQ] CRI&P's tie to the CB&Q
From: "gaedgar66" <vje68@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 03:15:47 -0000
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Sometime back I asked what early tie set the stage for cooperation in 
operating the Zephyr-Rocket and the one answer was a good one: John 
Farrington, the Rock's greatest Pres., came to them from the Q.  But 
even before that, there was an even closer tie.  For 23 years (1879-
1901), the Q & Rock jointly-owned, 50-50, the BCR&N (Burlington Cedar 
Rapids & Northern) which ran diagonally from Burl to Albert Lea with 
a long branch to Watertown, SD & other smaller branches. It became a 
major part of the ultimate Rock Island when the Q sold it's half.  
Even though the shared ownership was an equal one, the Q, as was true 
in so many interline matters, was the 'big dog' as witnessed by the 
fact that for the 23 years, BCR&N listed their cabooses in the 
Official Equipment Registers as "waycars", reverting back to the far 
more common "caboose" term as soon as the Q have up its 1/2.  Also 
the 2nd & 3rd (& final) Pres. of the BCR&N got their start on the Q.
The line from Burlington to Albert Lea, with the Q's own tracks south 
to St. Louis & the Rock's from Albert Lea to TWin Cities, began a 
long time pattern of coordinated service on the route even after the 
Q sold it's 1/2 (for a very tidy profit per Overton). Indeed there 
was a very early predecessor to the Zephyr-Rocket, the "St Louis Ltd" 
which was jointly operated. And of course C&S & RI had their joint 
ownership of the B-RI in south Texas.



 
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