Glen;
Thanks very much. I really appreciate the information, and am most
inclined to buy your theory. I have several more views taken of the
flood damage, and it was extensive. Unfortunately, none of the
negatives were labeled as to a location, and are poorly exposed, but
there are a lot of gems. I can't imagine how hard those guys must have
worked to get the trains running again. There is another new view of
the men working on the "Inspiration" page.
Kind regards, Rob Adams
GLEN HAUG wrote:
>It was suggested that this signal may have been located south of LaCrosse.
>While that is possible (actually a few miles north of Prairie du Chien), I
>believe a more likely location for this signal is at MP 245.1 between Edison
>and Arapahoe, Nebraska.
>
>This particular track section sustained severe damage in 1935 from Republican
>River floods, and several sections of track between Oxford and McCook were
>actually relocated as a result. There is obvious flood damage in the
>photograph, and the background view just appears more like the Republican
>River valley than the upper Mississippi valley, which would probably include
>bluffs in the background. The N designates the westbound signal on the North
>side of the track. The westbound signal would virtually always end in an odd
>number, hence N245.1, and the number (a signal number and not an exact MP
>number) was usually within a 10th of a mile of its exact location.
>
>Glen Haug
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rob Adams<mailto:steamera@netins.net>
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com<mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 1:17 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] Any Burlington Route signal experts out there?
>
>
> I've posted an interesting picture to my web site. It is a Circa late
> 1920's or early 1930's picture of workers cleaning up following a
> flood, from a negative I purchased a few years ago. In the view, there
> is a lower quadrant semaphore with rectangular blade, dark with light
> stripe, perhaps red/white (I have another negative of the same signal
> that was ruined by mold, but shows the entire signal mast and blade).
> The location is unknown, but I presume it to be somewhere on the CB&Q
> because the other negatives in the collection are of CB&Q subjects, and
> appear to have been taken by a CB&Q employee. The signal is marked
> N245.1, which I presume to be a mile number. Can any of you confirm
> that it is a Burlington signal, and help with identifying it? The
> image is on my home page at:
>
> <http://www.KeokukandWesternRR.com<http://www.keokukandwesternrr.com/>>
>
> Clicking on the image will bring up an enlarged version.
>
>
>
>
>
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Rob Adams
Wellman, IA
steamera@netins.net
Modeling CB&Q, CRI&P and Wabash operations in Keokuk, IA,
the Wabash Bluffs, IL to Keokuk branch,
and the CB&Q's Keokuk & Western branch, circa 1938
<http://www.KeokukandWesternRR.com>
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