You're right about that picture. It's a picture of Old Ben 11 just North of
Christopher, IL that I took in the Fall of 1951, just before the New Orient
Coal Mine Disaster Dec. 21, 1951 at West Frankfort. You can see the original
of that photo and a few others at http://home.comcast.net/~eng95/railroad.htm
I worked at the Chistopher tower several time as a relief agent/operator on the
CB&Q, Beardstown Division from 1951 thru 1959. I wish I had taken more
pictures.
Bob Weber
----- Original Message -----
From: jj dietsch
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Coal mine pic on site
dave ;
its for sure in southern illinois. i think it maybe at
christopher , illinois. use to work down there. a while back though !!
jj ........
Dave Hancox <dhancox@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
Hiya Guys,
Great work on the gallery, nice to see lots of new shots there as well.
One that took my eye thou was this coal mine, does anyone know where
this is and if theres anymore shots of it around?
http://www.burlingtonroute.com/gallery/albums/buildings/normal_coal_mine.jpg
cheers
Dave Hancox
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