I agree that all the old depots with original interior walls have a lot of
initials & dates (& sometimes name of recipient of freight which at one time
probably was stacked up against a wall waiting for pick-up by the consignee)
Have also seen old hobo symbols as understand a few Agents would let them seek
shelter in botterly cold nights in exchange for some work around the depot.
heard that from a re'td Agt who last worked Dubuque, fellow name of Heineman.
Old MoW tool cars had a lot of scribbles too.
Gerald
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:00:58 -0400
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Depot interior question
I was never in depot of the vintage being discussed here that did not have
names and dates "inscribed" on the freight room walls...It was, apparently, a
common practice...
At Mt.Ayr, IA the depot has been refurbished and is used as a community
center...Primarily the work of one guy..In the freight room are many names of
operators long gone along with the dates they worked at MT.A. This territory is
home territory to Harry Bedwell...my all time favorite railroad fiction writer.
Harry was born at nearby Kellerton, IA..(first station east of Mt. Ayr on the
"Dirty Side" of the Chariton branch..I've been in the Mt A depot a number of
times and have looked for Harry's name, but thus far no results..
Pete
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From: archie hayden <kliner@mywdo.com>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Sep 16, 2010 8:25 am
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Depot interior question
Doug, Another thing that always intrigued me and is evident in your
ictures is the names and dates written on the freight room walls.
ou can see some in the area around the lower left hand side of the
igeon hole storage unit. Some were as old as when the depot was
onstructed. Guess they didn't enforce the rule about defacing
ompany property. Wonder if they used the black ink that came in the
eramic bottles as I have found many of these empty bottles in the
ttics of old depots. Where Steve was a dumpster diver I was an attic
ddict. PS Did you know that raccoons and mice also loved Q attics?
rchie
n Sep 16, 2010, at 7:32 AM, Douglas Harding wrote:
> Thanks to Archie and Steve. As the depot and room are intact it
makes me wonder what happened to all the paper that was stored
there.
As to the bed, Milton was not along a busy line, nor was it a
terminal where crews would have laid over.
Doug Harding
www.iowacentralrr.org
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