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Re: [CBQ] Thanks to Dave Lotz & the B&MR Lines

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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Thanks to Dave Lotz & the B&MR Lines
From: Jan Kohl <kohlj@bellsouth.net>
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 19:13:37 -0500
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Yeah, but what you all don't know is that he's coming down to my neck of 
the woods now...I'll have him running Southern locos before he knows 
it...:)  :)

(If anyone thinks I own a Southern locomotive, you don't know me very 
well...:)

Cheers!

Jan Kohl
Castle Graphics
www.castlegraphics.com

John Lee wrote:

>I totally agree with you John, it was a great day at Dave's but also a sad one 
>for me. In January of 2000 Dave, myself and about 8 others gathered in Dave's 
>basement to start building the B&MR RR, 18 months later we were driving the 
>last spike and running trains. For those of you that don't know Dave and his 
>family are moving to Savannah GA in January and starting Monday the railroad 
>will be dismantled.  If you never got to see Dave's layout you really missed a 
>great layout. Thanks for a great time Dave, you will truly be missed here in 
>St. Louis.
>John Lee, MMR
>St. Louis, MO
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: John Lewis 
>  To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com 
>  Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 11:53 PM
>  Subject: [CBQ] Thanks to Dave Lotz & the B&MR Lines
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>  My good bud John Jacobs & I were fortunate to be guests of Dave and his 
> family at the "last run day" of Dave's Burlington & Missouri River 
> Galesburg-Creston layout today in south St. Louis.
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>  A few observations on the visit to Dave's and our subsequent trip north on 
> MO-79 north along the K Line....
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>  - John got his first experience of operating a sound/DCC equipped freight 
> ... two SD7 blackbirds on the point.
>  - being able to shoot 350+ digital photos of the layout (hey, I need the 
> inspiration).
>  - swapping Q stories with fellow fans as the aforementioned SD7 powered 
> freight was assigned an SW1 helper on the climb to West Burlington.
>  - being able to tell about my chance encounter with fellow Q-lister Arch 
> Hayden last week.
>  - watching the Denver Zephyr having to make a double stop at Burlington.  
> The consist was so large, there was no other way.
>  - Being chastised by the B&MR President for swapping sea stories with a 
> fellow Q enthusiast in attendance (and retired Navy type, like myself) 
> instead of talking trains.
>  - Having a Galesburg flashback when I saw Dave's model of the coaling tower 
> with two S4 Hudsons awaiting servicing.
>  - Stopping by a certain hobby shop off of I-70 and Zumbehl ... they had a 
> large bookcase full of used railroad books (including two copies of Diesels 
> West) for sale.  Found a darned near mint condition Holbrook/Lorenz edition 
> of 'Waycars of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy' for $16!!!!  Doesn't get 
> much better than that.
>  - Why is is that when I am in Palmyra, I hear oodles of traffic running on 
> the K Line, but when ever I try and railfan it, I usually draw a big zero?  
> We saw two trains from a distance ... oh well!
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>  I think I can safely speak for John on this ... thanks to Diana, Jake and 
> Dave for a great day!
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>  Regards,
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>  John Lewis
>  Palmyra, Missouri
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