RE: [CBQ] Zephyr Rocket

[GLEN HAUG <glenehaug@msn.com>]

This information, from Dorin, seems to make the most sense to me.  I grew up in 
Hannibal.  My brother and I both loved trains, and in the mid-late 50's my 
parents would frequently take us downtown to watch the evening trains (#44 and 
#15) pull in and out of the station, which was off of the main track.  As I 
recall, #15 (Zephyr-Rocket) had a Rock Island engine roughly half the time.  
Many Hannibal residents even referred to this train as "The Rocket".

 

And in the summer of 1966, I rode #15 every Sunday night from Hannibal to 
Burlington (or Wever, Ia.) for roughly 2.5 months. A Rock Island engine was 
present every OTHER Sunday night, and I never saw an engine change at 
Burlington.

 

Glen Haug
 


To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: rnpschu@aol.com
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 10:41:25 -0500
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Zephyr Rocket

  




On page 58 in Dorin's book "Everywhere West The Burlington Route", he states, 
"Equipment for the Zephyr-Rocket was provided by both companies. The original 
consist included one locomotive from each road that operated through to each 
terminal." That was the original plan, whetjer it changed over the years, I 
can' say. ZR Jan 7 1941-1967 Dick Schultz




                                          
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