David,
Thanks for the information, I want to correct one thing it is the Toluca,
Montana to Cody Wyoming branch line. The construction company named the line
The Big Horn Southern, which I have taken ant that is my narrow gauge line on
my model railroad. Again the Q asorbed it and renamed it the CB&Q toluca
branch when finished. This is rather interesting line as it was the Q's access
to Yellowstone National Park, but also to the Big Horn Basin in Wyoming. The
Wind River Canyon stopped the Q from the south and they built this line to
reach the areas in the Big Horn Basin down to Thermopolis WY. Not until 1922
did the Q breach the Wind River Canyon. The Q had a stage line that went from
Bonneville Wyoming (near Shoshone) over the Owl Creek Mountains to Themopolis
Wyoming using the Birds Eye Pass as access. There is a stage stop at the top
of the pass. So passengers could come from the south, ride the stage over the
pass, and continue on to Cody, then access Yellowstone Park. The Q had a
beautiful Hotel in Cody and trips everyday into the Park via Yellow buses or if
only a small group sedan type autos. I'm sure Q freinds in Sheridan and I will
attend this talk.
Harold Huber
Ultimate Research LLC
Sheridan, WY
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From: david_f_pease
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 1:29 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Totuca, Montana to Cody, Wyoming Branch Line
On February 20, 2010 at 2:00, at the Hardin, Montana museum,
there will be a program presented by Rex Myers on the history of
CB&Q's Totuca, Montana to Cody, Wyoming branch line.
Rex Myers teaches history and geography at Northwest College,
located at Powell, Wyoming which is on this branch line.
Also, on February 20, Dick Chapple of Hardin, Montana will host
an open house from 10:00 to 1:00 and again from 4:00 to 6:00.
Dick has a large indoor G scale layout and a 7 inch large scale
outdoor layout. His address is 624 N. Choteau Avenue. You can
contact Dick at 2chapple@q.com.
The Hardin museum has a very nice railroad memorabilia display.
Including the wooden CB&Q depot from Lodge Grass, Montana, which
had been restored. See link to photograph of depot. Inside the
depot is a American Flyer S gauge layout build in the 1950's.
Outside, on display track, is a wooden bay window caboose (way
car), stock car, and a wooden coach car, It would be interesting
to determine the origin of the wooden coach car.
http://www.wunderground.com/wximage/viewsingleimage.html?mode=singleimage&handle=LegalBean&number=401&album_id=128&thumbstart=0&gallery=
In downtown Hardin, Montana is a brick CB&Q depot that use to
serve Hardin. It is now the Hardin Chamber of Commerce. Next to
the depot is a Northern Pacific baggage car that was used on
Montana Territorial Centennial train which was sent to New York's
world fair in 1964-65. New murals where painted and add to the
car in 2007, similar to the ones used on the car for the Centen-
nial train. The car is also painted in the colors used on the
Centennial train. At the Hardin depot you can watch BNSF coal
trains charge through. See link for picture of depot.
http://www.custerslaststand.org/chamber/
Forty miles from Hardin is Billings, Montana where the Northern
Pacific depot, built in 1909, has been fully restored. CB&Q
passenger trains to Wyoming used this depot into the 1960's.
Ten miles farther west is Laural, Montana, home of Montana Rail
Link rail yard, largest rail yard between St. Paul, Minnesota and
Pasco, Washington. Great train watching.
I hope some of you from the group will consider coming to Hardin,
especially those of you from Montana and Wyoming. This would be
a great opportunity for those on the eastern end of the CB&Q to
see the far Northwestern end of the CB&Q.
David
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