I will second that request for a copy of this book.
A Woodhull native.
Ron P.
--- On Mon, 3/29/10, Miles W. Rich <milesrich@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Miles W. Rich <milesrich@yahoo.com>
Subject: [CBQ] Re: New CB&Q Book
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, March 29, 2010, 10:50 AM
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 It is a 286 page softbound book with many previously unpublished photos and a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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