Jim
Possible steam photos are Bulletin #29 page 18 - #1394
Bulletin 42 page 115 #3007 Expo
Flyer
In case you are interested, there are also Kewanee photos in February 2004
Calendar (SD-24, etc.), Mike Spoor's Volume 4 page 51 (U28B) and Bulletin #6
pages 4 & 24 (GE-44's)
Rupert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim" <jdavid1251@yahoo.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 1:34 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Looking for steam locomotive photos
> This is a rather specific request, and I'm hoping that someone in this
> group can help me out. My grandparents lived in Kewanee, IL, literally
> a "stone's throw" from the CB&Q tracks. I spent countless hours
> hanging around the railroad as a kid back in the 50's and 60's. I
> distinctly recall seeing steam locomotives in operation, but they were
> phased out in the late 50's (with the possible exception of a railfan
> excursion that may have passed through town in the early 60's). I'm
> looking for photos of steam locomotives operating in Kewanee, IL, in
> the 1950's. I haven't found one in the Burlington Route books that
> I've looked through, and even the Kewanee Historical Society doesn't
> have any such photos in their collection. Nothing on the BRHS web
> site, either. I would greatly appreciate someone's help on this.
> Thank you.
>
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