Is this the same photo reprinted on p. 43 of Jeff Wilson's 'Burlington Route
across the heartland' (Kalmbach, 1999)? I wouldn't call the engineer's hat a
Stetson, but the stogie, the E unit and the (unidentified) Zephyr @ 90 mph all
fit.
Jonathan
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Jpslhedgpeth@... wrote:
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> Bob et al
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> 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
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rgs20460 <amtrak347@...>
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tue, Nov 17, 2009 11:37 am
> Subject: [CBQ] Re: Genealogy Question
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> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "royq2002" <quicktax@> wrote:
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> > 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
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> 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.
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> Bob Campbell
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