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Re: [CBQ] CB&Q stations eliminated pre-1909

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Subject: Re: [CBQ] CB&Q stations eliminated pre-1909
From: archie hayden <kliner@mywdo.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:38:47 -0500
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Larry is correct and Texas Jct. was the station where the MK&T line  
into ST Louis entered the CB&Q and used our tracks until they reached  
their yard at Baden.  Texas Jct was later renamed Machens after a  
family who farmed most of those river bottoms  between the Missouri  
and Mississippi.  Archie
On Jul 26, 2010, at 12:48 AM, Larry Stoll wrote:

> After doing some searching on Google for "Carthage Junction,  
> IL" (with and without the quotes), it looks like that Carthage Jct, IL
> was another name for Illinois Jct, the place that the Carthage line  
> came off of the CB&Q across the river from Burlington, IA.
>
> Take a look at http://itouchmap.com/?d=1812517&s=IL&f=locale
>
> Also, from:
>
> http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA665&lpg=PA397&dq=Carthage%20Junction%2C%20IL&sig=AB-dsVP1w7DHpTUChlAtK4wE0c8&ei=8hxNTPfVOZX9nQeKpcHYCw&ct=result&id=rxNFAAAAYAAJ&ots=-6jbd5pRcn&output=text
>
> page 665:
>
> East Bur'lington, or Car'thage Junc'tion, a station in Henderson  
> co., ILL., on the Mississippi River, opposite Burlington, Iowa.
> Here the Chicago, Burlington A Quincy Railroad connects with its  
> Carthage A Quincy Branch and with a branch of the Toledo, Peoria A
> Warsaw Railroad. A railway-bridge here crosses tho Mississippi.
>
> Larry Stoll
>
> On 07/25/2010 02:39 PM, Gerald & Virginia Edgar wrote:
> >
> > In the 1900 System TT both Carthage& Carthage Jct are listed as  
> stations but Carthage Jct was gone by 1909.
> >
> > Gerald
> >
> >
> >
> > To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> > From: bkewinger@yahoo.com
> > Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:49:06 -0700
> > Subject: Re: [CBQ] CB&Q stations eliminated pre-1909
> >
> > if carthage jct.il. is carthage il. the cbq depot is still  
> standing there it is locatred about two blocks from where the  
> diamond wouild have been with the wabash
> >
> > bill ewinger
> >
> > burlington iowa
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Sat, 7/24/10, Gerald& Virginia Edgar<vje68@hotmail.com>  
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Gerald& Virginia Edgar<vje68@hotmail.com>
> >
> > Subject: [CBQ] CB&Q stations eliminated pre-1909
> >
> > To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
> >
> > Date: Saturday, July 24, 2010, 8:06 PM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Per a list mbr request:
> >
> >
> >
> > Beginning in approx 1900, CB&Q TT's took their modern day format  
> with a full index of all stations at front of TT. Pre-1900 TT's only  
> had indexes of line segments; i.e. Savanna to LaCrosse, thus it  
> takes a LOT of time to find all the station names (and pre-1880's  
> have no indexes, just 'tables')
> >
> >
> >
> > I found nearly 80 Stations listed in 1900 that had disappeared by  
> 1909. Some due to abandonments& line realignments but mostly because  
> RR's had begun to close stations in tiny towns (or the town had  
> 'died'). I know by going thru old Iowa RR Commissioners' Reports  
> that the CB&Q (& other RR's) closed stations in towns of as few as  
> 16 people. Either the town was a 'spec' town that never developed,  
> had been a fuel stop now bypassed, a mining town that died, etc. I  
> tried to weed out name changes (such as Dunleith, IL becoming East  
> Dubuque and Sharps, IA becoming Sharpsburg) but a few of these may  
> just be that: name changes. Also a very few reappeared in later yrs.  
> Note too there are a number of 'crossings' - I checked the Tables  
> and indeed train times were shown for these 'Stations' which is  
> normally only shown for Passenger tables if it's a stop. I've seen  
> old photos of such Xings with people around so apparently when  
> trains were far more frequent and the
> >
> > ONLY way to travel more than a couple miles, even Xings in the  
> middle of nowhere would have stops (need to get comparable old TT's  
> for Milw, RI, Wabash, etc to see if their branches also had stops at  
> these crossings and at somewhat comparable times). Note: even as  
> early as 1900 a couple stations are shown in the index but with note  
> they are 'freight only'& not shown in the TT proper.
> >
> >
> >
> > The request was made so when coming across old photos of depot's,  
> etc but NO RR named, you know which might be CB&Q, esp. if town was  
> only served by the Q or its predecessors.
> >
> >
> >
> > Adelia, NE
> >
> >
> >
> > Afton Jct., IA
> >
> >
> >
> > Anthen, IA
> >
> >
> >
> > Athol, WY
> >
> >
> >
> > Aztec, SD
> >
> >
> >
> > Bethany Jct., IA
> >
> >
> >
> > Blanding, IL
> >
> >
> >
> > Bricklyn, IL
> >
> >
> >
> > Carthage Jct., IL
> >
> >
> >
> > CB&KC Jct, IA
> >
> >
> >
> > C&A Jct, IL
> >
> >
> >
> > Charme, WI
> >
> >
> >
> > Cinncinnati, IA
> >
> >
> >
> > Clarinda Jct. IA
> >
> >
> >
> > Clark City, MO
> >
> >
> >
> > Cliola, IL
> >
> >
> >
> > Collins, NE
> >
> >
> >
> > Como, WY
> >
> >
> >
> > Conway Crossing, IA
> >
> >
> >
> > Corona, CIO
> >
> >
> >
> > Cream Ridge, MO
> >
> >
> >
> > CRI&P Crossing, IA
> >
> >
> >
> > Cuivre Jct, MO
> >
> >
> >
> > Darren, IA
> >
> >
> >
> > Dumont, WY
> >
> >
> >
> > E. Creston, IA
> >
> >
> >
> > E. Hannibal, MO
> >
> >
> >
> > E. Leavensworth, MO
> >
> >
> >
> > Eric, NE
> >
> >
> >
> > Erskine, WY
> >
> >
> >
> > Ft. Custer, MT
> >
> >
> >
> > Geneva, IL
> >
> >
> >
> > Griffins, IL
> >
> >
> >
> > Groves, MO
> >
> >
> >
> > Guinn, IA
> >
> >
> >
> > Haynes, IA
> >
> >
> >
> > Highland, KS
> >
> >
> >
> > Highwood, WI
> >
> >
> >
> > Hillsdale, IA
> >
> >
> >
> > Holdredge Jct, NE
> >
> >
> >
> > Ives, NE
> >
> >
> >
> > IV&N Crossing, IL
> >
> >
> >
> > IV&N Jct, IL
> >
> >
> >
> > Irondale, CO
> >
> >
> >
> > Krum, IA
> >
> >
> >
> > Lake, MO
> >
> >
> >
> > Maple Lake, MO
> >
> >
> >
> > Marcus, IL
> >
> >
> >
> > Marrietta, SD
> >
> >
> >
> > McDill, IA
> >
> >
> >
> > Middle Lock, IA
> >
> >
> >
> > Mills, IA
> >
> >
> >
> > No. Oswego, IL
> >
> >
> >
> > Osceola Jct, IA
> >
> >
> >
> > Oakland, WI
> >
> >
> >
> > Parkman, WY
> >
> >
> >
> > Patterson, IA
> >
> >
> >
> > Pratt, WY
> >
> >
> >
> > Richfield, MO
> >
> >
> >
> > Rick, MO
> >
> >
> >
> > Riverside, CO
> >
> >
> >
> > R.I. Crossing, IL
> >
> >
> >
> > Round House, MO
> >
> >
> >
> > Russell, IA
> >
> >
> >
> > S& G Ranch, SD
> >
> >
> >
> > St. Peters, MO
> >
> >
> >
> > Schramm, CO
> >
> >
> >
> > Seth, KS
> >
> >
> >
> > Smiths, IA
> >
> >
> >
> > So. Aurora, IL
> >
> >
> >
> > Southdown, MT
> >
> >
> >
> > South Latan, MO
> >
> >
> >
> > Sugar Lake, MO
> >
> >
> >
> > Sunflower, NE
> >
> >
> >
> > Texas Jct, MO
> >
> >
> >
> > Tunis, IA
> >
> >
> >
> > Warsaw, NE
> >
> >
> >
> > Whitebreast, IA
> >
> >
> >
> > Gerald
>
> 
>



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