[CBQ] Re: Depot interior question

["Meredith Johnston" <mjohn@ncn.net>]

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Jpslhedgpeth@... wrote:> 

(first station east of Mt. Ayr on the "Dirty Side" of the Chariton branch.
> 
> Pete

Pete:

Why was the Togo-Mt. Ayr-Albany portion of the Chariton Branch called the 
"Dirty Side"? 

I was was raised in Decatur County and went to high school in Garden Grove on 
the Chariton Branch so I am always interested in learning as much as I can 
about the area. 

One of my classmate's father was on the section and worked that area. Wish I 
had been more interested in railroads at that time. The only thing I distinctly 
remember was the NB mixed freight that went through Garden Grove during noon 
hour while in school; a couple or three cars and one coach tacked on the end. 
Seemed like there was always one old lady riding the coach, the only passenger.

Meredith Johnston
Spencer, IA





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