Michael,
That line was the Chicago and Northwestern which went to Shoshone, Lander and
Riverton. It abandoned early on and they bought running rights to use the Q
track to Bonneville then track to Shoshone from Bonneville and then their track
to Riverton and Lander. The C&NW was actually in the Casper Division before
the Q entered Wyoming. I always found it intyetresting the towns 20 miles
apart which started first as water stops for the train then changed to towns.
Natrona, Powder River, Waltman, Hiland, Monteta, and then Shoshone. If you need
I can get dates for the change to the Q line and their entrance into Wyoming
later as I do not have them on the top of my head.
Harold Huber
Ultimate research
Sheridan, WY
----- Original Message -----
From: MICHAEL PANNELL
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Shoshoni to Thermopolis route
Thanks for the info Harold, how about the old line that runs parallel to
route 26 towards Casper, its obviously been unused for years, do you know
anything, it passed through Hiland and Waltman
mike
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From: Harold Huber <sarge9@bresnan.net>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, 3 August, 2009 3:02:29 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Shoshoni to Thermopolis route
Mike,
That was the last portion to be built on the Wyoming Lines of ther Q. The
railroad got to Thermopolis in 1922 from the north and Bonneville to the south
in 1920 there was a stage coach lines that took passengers over Birds Eye Pass
until the line was finished in 1924. The traffic through the canyon seems to be
slow but made a bet with a fellow railroader last summer about how many trains
we would see. I said none, but there were 4 seperate trains on that day. So it
depends on the traffic and needs. I model Lysite to Bonneville and a mythical
narrow gauge into the Owl Creek Mountains (the mountains that the canyon is
through). The mythical railraod is the Big Horn Southern with the logo as the
Rio Grande Southern, there really was a Big Horn Southern which was the Toluca
branch in Montana just north of Hardin that went over to Cody and then south to
Thermopolis. That was the name given by the construction Company of course when
it was done the Q assumed
it and it became the CB&Q. The Q used Cody as their enterance into
Yellowstone and had a big resort in Cody that ran the yellow tour buses into
Yellowstone. At one time I owned one of the Q buses, but sold it to the Buffalo
Bill Museum where it is being restored to its glory for display. In its heyday
there were gold, silver, and copper mines in the Owl Creek Mountains with
copper being the greatest mineral. Also several mica mines in the area. The
town of DePass was the large town which is where the largest copper mines were.
But other small towns of Gold Bug, Ophir, and Silver City. If you want more I
can supply.
Harold Huber
Ultimate Research
Sheridan, WY
----- Original Message -----
From: MICHAEL PANNELL
To: colorado-railfan@ yahoogroups. com ; cbq@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 6:40 AM
Subject: [CBQ] Shoshoni to Thermopolis route
Hi
This may not be within the Colorado confines, but we went to Yellowstone
this weekend, and i was staggered by the fearsome looking Wind River Canyon
BNSF route to Thermopolis. Does it see much traffic or is it too expensive to
maintain ! I saw pretty extensive tunnel work going on.
Mike
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