I've yet to really check the car types (I know,
for instance) I have a problem with SILVER GULL
vs GULL - two cars that ran occasionally on the
Blackhawk, but are very different cars) - also
spell checking for typos has to be done).
I didn't have the train numbers before Dave's
post and hadn't a chance to look. These might
help. The format is a bit strange - they came out of a spreadsheet.
7/11/1967 CB&Q 11 Nebraska Zephyr - Dpt
Chicago CB&Q - JUNO - CB&Q - CERES - Diner
CB&Q - MINERVA - Coach CB&Q - VESTA - Coach CB&Q
- VENUS - Coach CB&Q - 4654 - Coach - W. Quincy
CB&Q - SILVER ISLAND - Dome Coach - KC CB&Q -
SILVER FOUNTAIN - Diner Lounge - KC CB&Q - 1947 -
RPO - KC CB&Q - DE Mail - W. Quincy CB&Q - Baggage - Galesburg
7/11/1967 CB&Q 3 Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr Dpt
Chicago CB&Q - 100 - BC - Omaha CB&Q - SILVER
HOURS - Diner-Lounge - Omaha CB&Q - 6117 - Coach
- Lincoln CB&Q - 4551 - Coach - Lincoln WP -
SILVER PALISADE - CZ 10-6 - Lincoln - 304 CB&Q -
482 - 8-6-3-1 - KC - SC-55 CB&Q - SILVER CLOUD -
Coach - KC CB&Q - 6115 - Coach - W. Quincy
Bob Webber
At 10:27 PM 10/28/2010, you wrote:
>
>
>Hi,
>
>Where could I find info on a particular train's usual consist?
>
>As a kid in the vicinity of 10 years old, I have the beautiful memory of
>riding the CB&Q from Chicago to my parent's home town of Quincy IL. It was
>in the late '60s/early '70s, just before Amtrak. I clearly remember walking
>along the platform beside the towering stainless steel cars in Union
>Station. I also remember that my Mom would lead me down the platform and ask
>the first conductor which cars were the through ones to Quincy. She asked
>because the train was divided in Galesburg. Part went to Quincy and, I
>think, onto Kansas City, while the other part went straight west, through
>Iowa. It was usually the coaches farthest forward, behind the engine.
>
>I'm asking because I finally have a house and room to build an HO layout,
>and I'd like to try to replicate that train.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Rob McNay
>Chicago IL
>
>
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