I've got a Humboldt paver from the depot platform at
Tecumsah, NE. Has anyone seen any from the Endicott
plant on the Wymore to Oxford line? Or was that plant
built after the era of station platforms?
Bob Runty
--- Todd <thefryeguy@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > The Purington is the brand of brick pavers used on
> most, if not all,
> > Burlington brick station platforms.
>
> I have documented Humboldt, Nebraska labeled bricks
> at multiple
> former Burlington platform locations in northern
> Kansas (Haddam,
> Morrowville, Concordia, Washington) and southern
> Nebraska (Diller,
> Odell, Hubbell). Were Humboldt bricks used instead
> of Purington
> bricks at these locations because of geography, or
> because they were
> originally on Burlington & Missouri in Nebraska
> trackage? These
> small-town depots/platforms likely saw little
> updating over the years
> so I suppose that too could be a factor. Thanks for
> the interesting
> discussion.
>
> -Todd E. Frye
> Baldwin City, KS
>
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Charlie Vlk"
> <cvlk@c...> wrote:
> > Randy-
> > The Purington is the brand of brick pavers used on
> most, if not all,
> > Burlington brick station platforms. The name
> "Purington" was on
> the brick
> > (both faces???) and at a glance it looks like
> "Burlington"..
> > The pavers were made in East Galesburg (thanks to
> all those who have
> > responded so far with info and links!!!).
> > Charlie Vlk
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Randy Gordon-Gilmore" <zephyrus@r...>
> > To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 3:25 PM
> > Subject: [CBQ] Re: Purington Pavers
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Charlie wrote:
> > >
> > > > Does anyone have the dimensions of a Purington
> Paver?
> > >
> > > Is that a specific brand of brick, Charlie, or a
> type? I have a
> brick
> > > from the old Ashland platform at home that I
> could dig out and
> > > measure.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Randy
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
>
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