Thanks Glen!
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From: "GLEN HAUG" <glenehaug@msn.com>
To: <cbq@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 4:48 PM
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Zephyr Rocket
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> 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".
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> 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.
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> Glen Haug
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> From: rnpschu@aol.com
> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 10:41:25 -0500
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Zephyr Rocket
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> 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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