[CBQ] Re: New CB&Q Book

["Miles W. Rich" <milesrich@yahoo.com>]

Does anyone know where I can purchase a copy of this book?

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@...> wrote:
>
> I just received a copy of a new CB&Q book that I stumbled across on eBay...
> 
> A History of the CB&Q Illinois Pea Vin by R.W. "Bud" Linroth.
> 
> The eBay item number is 300369285031 and the description is as follows:
> 
> "A retired BNSF Conductor has written a history of the line he worked on 
> between Galesburg and Savanna, Illinois. It is in softcover form with 8 1/2 
> by 11 pages. There are 22 pages of color pictures and entire book is 280 
> pages. There are chapters on branch lines such as New Boston to Galva, 
> Barstow to Rock Island, Denrock to Sterling and Lass to Ebner via Fulton. 
> There are also chapters on how trains were run by train orders, passenger 
> service, Galesburg Terminal and the Quad City area. Towns covered are 
> Henderson, Rio, Alpha, Ophiem, Orion, Warner, Briar Bluff, Colona, Cleveland, 
> Barstow, East Moline, Moline, Rock island, Hillsdale, Erie, Denrock, Fenton, 
> Garden Plain, Fulton, Ebner, Thomson, Sterling, Lyndon, Galva, Beardstown, 
> Browning, Bushnell, Monmouth, Alexis, and Savanna. Book will be signed by the 
> author at your request and this is the first edition published on August 15, 
> 2009. The book was printed and bound in the USA. The "buy it now" price was 
> $29.95 Illinois Residents must add $1.95 sales tax. The book will be shipped 
> media mail for $3.16. The pictures are the front cover showing train #80 
> going by Barstow in 1966 and the back cover which shows the area the book 
> covers."
> 
> It is a 286 page softbound book with many previously unpublished photos and a 
> good history of the lines involved, along with operational details and much 
> coverage on the people of the railroad.   I was more than pleased with my 
> purchase and recommend it to anyone wanting to learn more about our favorite 
> railroad.
> 
> Charlie Vlk
> 
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>




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