A couple of other comments. Obviously the date listed with the
photo(1/1/1930) is wrong since none of the Zephyrs existed at that
point. The vehicles appear to be mid to late 1930's vintage, but based
on the fact that Injun Joe has its raised oscillating light housing I'd
guess the photo was probably taken in the early to mid-1940's. The MTZ
train set still has its truck shrouds, so it is presumably not a
late-1950's pic.
Note the structure in the background at the far left. I believe that to
be Northwestern Seed. I too, am modeling Keokuk and would love to know
what it says on the side of the elevator building.
Oh to be able to see that view in person again...
Regards, Rob Adams
Rob Adams wrote:
>That is the MTZ. The power unit and second unit baggage car are clearly
>arranged like the Injun Joe and Becky Thatcher.
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>The easiest way to tell that it definitely is not the Pioneer Zephyr is
>to look at the front cab windows. The Pioneer is the only one of the Q
>shovelnose units where the top of the cab windows follow a slanted
>contour around from the side, making the front windows shorter (bottom
>to top) than those on the side. The unit pictured has the upper edge of
>the front windows parallel to the bottom edge and the front and side
>windows are the same height.
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>Interesting photo though. Too bad it isn't sharper.
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>Kind regards, Rob Adams
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>keith.nystedt@abnamro.com wrote:
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>>I question that the train was the Pioneer Zephyr. The photo is too blurred
>>to tell. My belief is that it could be the Mark Twain Zephyr but, I could
>>be wrong. Maybe if the Zephyrs were serviced in Burlington, any of them
>>could have gone through Keokuk. I'm sure the others on the list would know
>>this . The magnificent depot is still there but needs a lot of help.
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>>Paul,
>>Thanks for posting that site. Did a search on Keokuk and found a 1953
>>timetable for the Centreville branch and photographic evidence of the
>>Pioneer Zephyr passing through Keokuk (although the date for the picture
>>seems too early). Does anyone know when and why this trip up the K-line
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>>Duncan Cameron
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