Which reminds me, is the West Quincy station still there? I haven't been across
the river since the train started stopping on the north end of Quincy. My
relatives, who live down there, said that, after the evening run, the train is
cleaned and stocked, then sits overnight on a siding, near the Quimcy station,
until the morning run.
Rob McNay
Chicago IL
--- On Mon, 7/12/10, Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com <Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com> wrote:
> From: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com <Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] CB&Q solarium observation car 209
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, July 12, 2010, 10:08 AM
>
> See photo on Page 46 of Mike Spoor's CB&Q in Color Vol
> 3. Photo shows car at Bevier..Caption
> reads..." In the spring of 1960 Clas DL-3 Lounge car #209
> became he replacment depot in Bevier after the wood depot
> had been destoryued just months earlier in a trian
> derailment. Here it is seen in July 1960,
> jujst a few mohts after arriving in Bevier.. Lounge
> car #209 had also served in 1953 as the temporary depot in
> WEst Quincy while int he new s tone dpot thre was being
> constructed.
>
> There....that's all settled.
>
>
> Pete
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: archie hayden <kliner@mywdo.com>
> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Mon, Jul 12, 2010 8:57 am
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] CB&Q solarium observation car 209
>
>
> No, We need to remember that these stations were temporary
> and moved
> round to other locations from time to time when there was
> need of a
> emporary depot. Archie
> n Jul 12, 2010, at 8:06 AM, STEVEN HOLDING wrote:
> > Bevier is about 50 or 60 miles west of Hannibal on the
> KC main
> Steve in SC
>
> ________________________________
> From: Tim Fleck <tf5077@yahoo.com>
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Mon, July 12, 2010 8:44:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] CB&Q solarium observation car 209
>
> However,
>
> If you look closely at the picture the station sign reads
> Bevier
> which is in
> Mo. Would that be considered West Quincy Mo. ? Tim
> --- On Sun, 7/11/10, Philip Weibler <pawnbaw@sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
> From: Philip Weibler <pawnbaw@sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] CB&Q solarium observation car 209
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 6:35 PM
>
> You're right on with that date, Pete. When the Kansas City
> Zephyr
> and the
> upgraded American Royal Zephyr were put in service in the
> fall of
> 1953 the old
> station in Quincy was abandoned. The new trains stopped at
> what the
> public tts
> called "Quincy (West)". A few travelers were surprised
> when they
> stepped off the
> train, not at 2nd and Oak in Quincy, but somewhere in
> darkest
> Missouri.
> The car which served as the temporary depot at West Quincy
> was the
> RIVERVIEW, a
> classic heavywight solarium car. As I recall, one would
> step up to
> the bar to
> purchase a ticket. Seems there was a full length baggage
> car with
> the RIVERVIEW
> to serve as - what else? - the baggage room.
> The new depot was completed in 1954. I believe it was lost
> in the
> big flood of
> 1993 (?) - someone will have to verify this. PAW
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> ; BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 1:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] CB&Q solarium observation car 209
>
> I don't recall the date on this picture, but it was
> (before or
> after...I t;hink
> before) used as a temporary depot at West Quincy, MO while
> the new
> station was
> being built....I spent part of a night in this "depot"
> December
> 27-28 1953 after
> arriving on Q No. 56 (A M Zephyr) and waiting on Zephyr
> Rocket
> Southbound to
> take me to St. Louis.
>
> Pete
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry LaBoda <jmlaboda@gmail.com>
> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sat, Jul 10, 2010 11:32 pm
> Subject: [CBQ] CB&Q solarium observation car 209
>
>
> http://www.westernrailimages.com/Chicago-Burlington-Quincy/Chicago-Burlington-Quincy/CBQ-RR-84-Jun-4-1958-Parlor/627016525_4czTJ-L.jpg
>
> Found this shot of the jewel apparently being used either
> as a depot
> or yard
> office. Can anyone tell me more about the car?
> --
> jerry
> <jmlaboda@gmail.com>
>
> I hate getting old... Over the years I have learned a lot
> of things,
> but I
> just can't remember much of it anymore.
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