Hi Jonathan,
The only comuter service that I know of here in St. Louis would have been
the MP and the IT, both long gone.
John Lee
St. Louis, MO
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From: <jonathanharris@earthlink.net>
To: <cbq@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 1:48 PM
Subject: [CBQ] OTHER suburban service?
> The only commuter service I have ever seen discussed on this list or in
> Burlington-related publications is in the Chicago area. Is that all there
> ever was?
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> I ask because I know the Burlington operated that 3-foot gauge interurban
> electric line between Lead and Deadwood, SD until 1924 or '25, and I
> believe the early C&S narrow gauge also ran what were in effect suburban
> trains out of Denver. So I have to wonder whether the Q or subsidiaries
(at
> least in the early 20th c.) had suburban or commuter trains in and around
> any of the other large metropolitan areas they served: St.
> Paul/Minneapolis? St. Louis? Kansas City? Denver? Fort Worth?
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> And if there was such service, was there also dedicated equipment for it?
> Were any of the 7000 or 7100 series cars used, or were these "genuine"
> commuter coaches confined to Chicago & burbs?
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> Jonathan
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