John, that's pretty neat...2 in one day! I'll upload them to the Q
photo area later this week!
Cheers!
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John Lewis wrote:
>I have just uploaded to the photos section two photographs of CB&Q
>lettered hopper cars that I have taken in the last week.
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>The first car, lettered CBQ 160685 was photographed just north of
>Canton Missouri on the K Line this past Sunday afternoon. I first
>spotted the car near West Quincy and it goes without saying that it
>made my year to spot a with Burlington lettering on it. It was
>probably the first time that I had ever chased a train on account of
>a freight car.
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>While checking out a eastbound parked on the siding at Palmyra,
>Missouri this afternoon, a westbound freight came charging by.
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>You could have knocked me over with a feather when I saw another
>CB&Q hopper (lettered CB&Q 160795) in the consist. I apologize for
>the weeds in the picture, but I was a bit startled and I didn't have
>a chance to knock them down for a good shot. Unfortunately, given
>the speed of the train and the distance from my truck, it wasn't
>possible to give chase.
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>Here we are, nearly 35 years after the merger that saw the end of
>the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (as well as the Great Northern,
>Northern Pacific and the Spokane, Portland & Seattle) and I have
>been lucky enough to shoot two CB&Q cars inside of a week.
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>The railfan gods are certainly smiling upon me!
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>Regards & Everywhere West,
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>John Lewis
>Palmyra, Missouri
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