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[CBQ] Re: Rochelle Depot

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Subject: [CBQ] Re: Rochelle Depot
From: "John Lewis" <CBQJohn@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:27:10 -0000
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Same thing happened to the Palmyra, Missouri depot in the fall of 
1990.  Absolutely nothing wrong with the building at all.  No advance 
notice.  No one had a clue that it was about to happen until a BN 
official showed up at city hall, requesting a permit to burn the 
remains of the depot.  When city officials said that there was 
nothing wrong with the depot, the official told them of the planned 
demolotion.

City hall called the fire chief, who happened to be a huge CB&Q fan.  
He denied the permit request, but the depot was destroyed anyway, the 
remains bulldozed into the ground.  He was able to save the 'Palmyra' 
sign, but that was about it.

Came back to bite the BN three years later when the Mississippi 
flooded and everything at West Quincy had to be moved.  Instead of a 
standing depot, two boxcars were put on the ground to serve as a 
signal gang HQ.

>From that day forward I have not allowed anything to do with the BN 
on my layout ...

Regards,
John Lewis
Palmyra, Missouri


--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "robby.gragg" <robby.gragg@...> wrote:
>
> The building appeared to be well kept by BNSF and I don't really 
see 
> the point of why demolished it. They could've easily offered the 
> building to the city. It would be pretty hard and expensive to move 
the 
> building to the railroad park but maybe the city could've turned it 
> into a small museum or something along those lines. Out of the two 
> depots in Rochelle, I would've rather had the CB&Q depot preserved 
then 
> the other depot on the CNW, which is in much worse shape then the 
CB&Q 
> depot ever was.
>




 
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