Dave,
I enjoyed Glen's post, although I have seen it before on another
groups a year or so ago. I guess there is an advantage to being a
little older (not many though!). My first Q fantrip, or any other RR
for that matter, was with ten wheeler #637, S4 #4000 and GP7 #235.
The trip occurred on Sunday, 9/2/1956. #4000 pulled our train from
Union Station to Aurora where #637 and #235 took our train to
Streator, Zearing and back to Aurora. At Aurora, #4000 again took
over for a spectacular late evening run to Chicago. What a thrill for
a 13 year old. That trip only whetted my appetite and was followed by
many more wonderful Q fantrips as well as a few others on different RRs.
Later trips included S4s nos. 3001 and 3003, the first trip for
#5632, the 2-10-4 double header, of course, two trips with 5632 to
Denver and the D&RGW narrow gauge (one with #5626 between Lincoln and
Denver including a 120 mile cab ride on her at 80 mph), a trip to the
Twin Cities behind the #5632 (plus one aborted one), #5631's only
trip to Savanna and back and numerous trips with #4960 including her
first in Dec. 1958. Unfortunately, I did miss the #4955' and #5600
trip in 1955 and #5618's only trip July 4th weekend of 1958. I also
never had a chance to ride any of the C&S trips.
Somewhere in my files, I think I have a few ticket stubs (you could
buy fantrip tickets at the commuter stations) and a number of fantrip
flyers, including the one for the 2-10-4 double header. Toward the
end of the Q fantrip era, I was in college and missed many of those
later trips, although we did chase a few of them.
Bill Barber
Gravois Mills, MO
On Aug 1, 2010, at 5:06 AM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Re: My First Fan-trip, Not one but two big steamers
> Posted by: "Dave Lotz" Dave_Lotz@bellsouth.net dave_lotz
> Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:42 pm (PDT)
>
>
>
> It's odd the things that you remember - our trip must have had 6100
> series
> coaches - I remember the Pullman green cars and I recall they had
> some type
> of wicker as a part of the seats. I remember clearly heading around
> the
> curve and onto the Mississippi River bridge for the first time and
> looking
> back at Burlington and then looking down through the ties into the
> river. I
> also remember that for several days after our trip, I could hear
> the whistle
> of other steam trips at our house up on Prospect Hill. The next
> summer I
> remember hearing the whistles again, but it sounded very different
> - must
> have been the 5632.
>
> Dave Lotz
> Pooler, GA
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