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RE: [CBQ] D&RGW PAs on the Zephyr

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Subject: RE: [CBQ] D&RGW PAs on the Zephyr
From: Bob Webber <rgz17@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:45:34 -0500
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That's the second Freedom Train.   The original reference was to the 
1947-49 Freedom Train.  Both can be seen here:
http://www.freedomtrain.org/



At 08:34 PM 9/18/2007, William Ewinger wrote:
>Hi All
>   the steam engine 4449 came through burlington on ist ferry move 
> east to join up with the freedom train.i belive this happen in 
> chicago.it was ealier evening here when it went through and i 
> belive stopped in galesburg for the night.i belive it origanated in 
> denver.i have my dads pictrues from the middle fifties shown the 
> santa fe PA coming into the burlington station on detours when they 
> were flooded out in the kansas city area.also after the merger into the BN
>   the D&H railroad had a couple of PA rebiuld at morrison-kuntz in 
> montana someplace and the two of the four units came through 
> burlington after being rebuilt.the one i saw was on number 6 the 
> east bound california zephyer and they were havinf trouble with the 
> nose coupler coming across Iowa that upon arrival in galesburg the 
> consist was turned around that the PA lead going into chicago from galesburg.
>   bill ewinger
>   burlington iow
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>VERLIN WHITE <verlinwhite@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>           Sorry I thoght you were talking about the FREEDOM TRAIN>
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>VERLIN WHITE <verlinwhite@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Hi'
>No it ran over TP&W RR.
>I watched it go thought Smithfiefd here in Fulton County..
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>Dave Lotz <Dave_Lotz@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>Charlie mentions the original Freedom Train.I have seen photos of it in
>Burlington, Iowa, so my deduction is that it rode over the Q to get there.
>No definite proof, though.
>
>Dave Lotz
>Pooler, GA
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Charlie
>Vlk
>Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 12:25 PM
>To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [CBQ] D&RGW PAs on the Zephyr
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>I would guess that the only PAs to make it onto CB&Q Chicagoland rails might
>have been EL transfer units (or maybe even pool power but I doubt it) and
>Santa Fe
>detour units. I don't know if the original Freedom Train used the Q in
>Chicago on its tour. The D&RGW units might have been delivered over the Q
>but I haven't seen
>any photos of them and I seriously doubt they ever worked into Chicago.
>Hol Wagner would be the most likely person to know in the BRHS
>community....or maybe one of the Bob Webbers (the IRM one!).
>Charlie Vlk
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