Bob et al
I well remember that issue of TRAINS...I've been going through my old issues
and came across it...also the reprint...I also remember that sometime after the
2nd printing there were some negative comments about the smoking and possible
lack of attention to duty by the engineer...You and I know that's not so....I
thought that that was one of the greatest railroad pictures of all time and so
typical of engineers of that era.
Pete
-----Original Message-----
From: rgs20460 <amtrak347@aol.com>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, Nov 17, 2009 11:37 am
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Genealogy Question
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "royq2002" <quicktax@...> wrote:
>
> I have a relative by the name of Rudolph "Red" Visney who was an engineer for
> the Q and/or FW&D. He passed away in October 1982. Do any of the members have
> any stories they wish to share on or off list?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Roy Quick
>
Roy -
I forwarded your message to Johnny Schmid, a retired Aurora Division "Q"
engineer. John had mentioned "Red" several times when I worked with John. I'm
pretty sure "Red" had a son of the same name (Sr./Jr.) as I recall. One of them
was involved in the restoration of the Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 steam locomotive
that briefly pulled the Bicentennial train thru Texas in 1976. In some issue of
Trains Magazine, years ago, there was a picture taken in the cab of an E unit,
of a "Q" Road Foreman of Engines (the guy with the Stetson hat & the "stoggie"
sticking out of his mouth) running the morning Zephyr somewhere between Aurora
& the Twin Cities doing about 90+ MPH; this person was "Red" Visney, Sr. I
think "Classic Trains" Magazine re-printed this photo in an issue several years
ago. List members will respond shortly, with the original photo issue in Trains
and the subsequent printing in CT. I only hired-out in engine service 40 years
ago, and "Red" was long gone to TX and possibly retired by then.
Bob Campbell
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