I just uploaded a (not very good) photo of 9908 in the Galesburg roundhouse,
taken May 17, 1964. Don't know whether it still was in active service at that
point.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/photos/album/234091570/pic/925934054/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc
Wish I'd taken more or better that day. But what did I know? At that point, I
was more interested in stuff going on outside.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/photos/album/234091570/pic/1979836813/view?picmode=medium&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&dir=asc
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Norm Metcalf <n.metcalf@...> wrote:
>
> From: HOL WAGNER
>
> Yes, 9908 definitely was reassigned to Galesburg-Burlington-Dayman
> service after the demise of trains 1 and 44. In June 1963 I photographed
> it in the roundhouse at Galesburg, coming out for the caboose hop to
> Burlington (following No. 12, the Nebraska Zephyr, quite closely -- it
> was always in view from the obs car), picking up the Atomic Energy
> Commission guard car that No. 12 set out and Burlington, and taking it
> on to the plant at Dayman.
> Before service on 1 and 44, the 9908 had worked the Lincoln-St. Joe run.
> Hol Wagner
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: [CBQ] Silver Charger
> Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 22:27:16 -0700
> From: GLEN HAUG <glenehaug@... <mailto:glenehaug@...>>
> Reply-To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> To: <cbq@yahoogroups.com <mailto:cbq@yahoogroups.com>>
>
>
> I believe Silver Charger was the last regularly assigned engine for
> trains 1 and 44. I used to see #44 north of Hannibal frequently in its
> last year, and the 9908 always seemed to be on the head end, pulling an
> RPO and a coach, usually both heavyweights. These trains ran St. Louis
> to West Quincy, and came off in the spring of 1963. I don't believe
> this was the end of the line for Silver Charger, however. I'm not sure
> where it was assigned after the spring of 1963. Possibly Galesburg to
> Dayman.
>
> Glen Haug
>
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> From: d.cameron@... <mailto:d.cameron@...>
> Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 20:00:56 -0400
> Subject: [CBQ] Silver Charger
>
> In answer to Bill Hoss's comment: Yes, that's precisely the train that
> I'll be using 9908 to pull -- St.Louis to Burlington, later cut back to
> either Hannibal or West Quincy (can't remember right now). Trains were
> numbers 1 and 44 by early sixties. I'll be pulling either a Walthers 5
> window or modified Rivarossi 3 window RPO and (for now) a Branchline
> coach.
> Duncan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: wlhoss@... <mailto:wlhoss@...>
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 6:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] New Poll Created
>
> Didn't the Silver Charger finish it's career pulling a heavyweight
> (mail
> train) out of St. Louis? Aren't cars available for that?
>
> Bill Hoss
>
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