Archie,
During what time frame was the upper story of the Keokuk depot used as
quarters? Was this in the room under the central "tower" or over part of
the baggage/express wing?
Duncan Cameron
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From: "archie hayden" <kliner@mywdo.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Depot interior question
> Steve, looking back at sleeping accommodations that I made use of,
> Lewiston,Ill in the freight room of the depot, Sterling, Ill. same
> room, West Quincy, Mo back room of yard office, and Burlington, Ia.
> second floor of depot, and also Keokuk, Ia second floor of old depot.
> These quarters were provided for the enginemen but the train crew
> often rode in on their coat tails.
> On Sep 15, 2010, at 9:58 PM, STEVEN HOLDING wrote:
>
>> As far as the bed goes they were quite often used by extra or relief
>> operators
>> between shifts at the end of a long commute.
>> We had one in the locker room at Congress Park used by section and
>> MOW. I used
>> it for the two weeks when I first started there and had to be to
>> COMPASS(computer) school in Cicero at 8AM. I would sleep on the
>> train in (one
>> day woke up when the train stopped at Cicero) attend school till
>> noon then ride
>> out to CP and sack out in the Locker Room. Frank(the agent) would
>> come and get
>> me when my shift started at 3PM till 11pm Sleep going home on the
>> train to
>> start all over again the next day(No Hours of Service account
>> breaking in and
>> not a train order job)
>> Steve retired again in SC
>> and time to sack out
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Douglas Harding <doug.harding@iowacentralrr.org>
>> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Wed, September 15, 2010 7:14:40 PM
>> Subject: [CBQ] Depot interior question
>>
>> List last Saturday I had the opportunity to see the interior of the
>> CB&Q depot
>> in Milton, IA. In the freight room was a small room
>> suspended from the rafters and accessible via a ladder fastened to
>> the wall. I
>> was told a bed was found in the room, but that
>> would have been when the town took over the depot. The railroad
>> stopped running
>> in Milton in 1969, I have no idea when the town
>> acquired the building.
>>
>> I have created a new photo album "Milton IA" and uploaded two photos
>> I took of
>> this room. I can get access and take additional
>> photos if needed.
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas of what the room was used for and why it
>> was built
>> the way it was built?
>>
>> Doug Harding
>> www.iowacentralrr.org
>>
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