I am sure the book is in the house, mom and I have been moving things
around, and "consolodating" RR stuff in one location and dads FD
stuff in another
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, rgortowski@... wrote:
>
> Andrew,
>
> Savanna was a more than 200' substantial, brick depot that served
as a
> division point between the Aurora and LaCrosse divisions. My guess
is that there
> were company offices on the second floor. It is an impressive
structure. If
> you have Mike Spoor's CB&Q in Color, volume 2, there is a great
photo of it
> on pages 66 and 67. It is right on the Mississippi River and a
few miles
> south of the spectacular Mississippi Palisades State Park. From
Savanna on, the
> tracks hug the river (where nature smiles - three hundred
miles...) Oh to be
> able to take a round end Obs car to Minneapolis...
>
>
> In a message dated 2/22/2009 4:58:30 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> andrewkoetz@... writes:
>
>
>
>
> Normally the second floor of a depot was reserved for the station
agents
> "home away from home", that is if it was in a remote location.
Station agens
> have been known to raise families at their place of employment. I
know I am
> painit with a "broad brush". But you can page thru old TRAINS
magazines, and
> other publications, and pick any RR. The second floor was usually
reserved for
> the station agent.
>
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