Bob,
Do you remember any of the engineer's you worked with at this time out of
Galesburg. Thank You.
Jeff Owens
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] CB&Q passenger trains
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> From March 16, 1971 thru April 29, 1971 I had one of the two regular
> assignments as fireman on trains 20 and 19 between Galesburg and Chicago.
I believe
> by this late date it was just called the American Royal train (no Zephyr)
> and it did run all the way to KC. Between KC and Quincy (actually West
Quincy,
> MO) the train was numbered 5 and 6. Reviewing my old time book from 1971
my
> last working trip was on 4/29 train #19 Chicago to Galesburg with the
9953
> pulling two cars. I deadheaded home to Aurora on #20 4/30 when the
consist
> had expanded to two units and three cars (the baggage car was added at KC
and
> the second unit was added at Galesburg). In the book "Journey to
Amtrak",
> page 67 has a Bill Kratville photo of #20 about to depart KC for the last
time
> 4/30 and page 88 shows the train after arriving at CUS (the same train I
> deadheaded on). Employee timetable indicates the train was run between
Chicago
> and West Quincy as trains 19 and 20 but I believe the Public timetables
showed
> it as trains 5 and 6 Chicago to KC. During the time on was on this job
we
> typically had one E-unit and 2 or 3 cars but on Tuesday, 4/13/71, we had
2
> units (9981 & 9947) and 10 cars, obviously an expanded consist to return
students
> to WIU at Macomb from Spring vacation the previous Sunday. One
particular
> duty I had on #19, was to get off the engine at Aurora and meet with the
> conductor to get the list of stations we would need to stop at between
Aurora and
> Galesburg (several conditional stops enroute). Engine crews were
> headquartered at Galesburg and the train crews were headquartered at
Aurora but started
> at Chicago. Hope this information helps.
>
> Bob Campbell
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