Hi John,
The Grand Junction, IA that I am familiar with was the junction of the
Chicago to Omaha line of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad (now Union
Pacific) and the joint Minneapolis & St. Louis / Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific line from Des Moines to Gowrie and not the CB&Q.
I found the following on the C&NW Historical Society web site (
http://www.cnwhs.org/ch_cnw.htm):
"1862 The Cedar Rapids & Missouri River RR., headed by John Blair, continues
building across Iowa, hoping to reach Council Bluffs. Blair leases the CR&MR
to the G&CU, providing the Chicago company with what will eventually become
a mainline portion of a transcontinental railroad."
"1867 The CR&MR reaches Council Bluffs."
A map of the M&StL line is here: http://www.cashgroth.com/mstlmaps.html, but
I could not find any construction dates.
A map of the CRI&P line is here:
http://www.rits.org/www/histories/TTS37/system.gif
<http://www.cashgroth.com/mstlmaps.html> , but I could not find any
construction dates.
I hope this at least gives some direction.
Dave Lotz
Pooler, GA
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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of John Van
Ness
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2010 6:14 PM
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [CBQ] New Athearn 40 ft box cars
Hi Gerald. Remember me? I am still on the trail of the Villisca axe
murderer, but we moved this fall and I am teaching online, so my focus has
been diverted.
My wife, though, as a railroad question. What year did the railroad start
passing through Grand Junction, Iowa? She has relatives from that area who
worked on the railroad, and she is doing some history about them. Your
expertise is appreciated, Gerald.
Thanks--JVN
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> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:00:28 -0500
> Subject: RE: [CBQ] New Athearn 40 ft box cars
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> Are you sure 'silver' as opposed to white (which was common among most
RR's to indicate larger than normal doors, etc)
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> Gerald
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> From: gamlenz@ihug.co.nz <mailto:gamlenz%40ihug.co.nz>
> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:19:05 +1300
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] New Athearn 40 ft box cars
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> Bill
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> Some box cars built in the 60's had silver doors, such as 49000-399
(XM-4B) and 49400-49799 (XML-11, some later reclassified as
> XM-4C). Do you have any road number of details of the models?
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> Rupert Gamlen
> Auckland NZ
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> Subject: [CBQ] New Athearn 40 ft box cars
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> > The main question is has any one have a photo of this car?
> > The only box car photo I have with a white door is the 50'
> > and/or 60' outside braced two door box cars. I kind of
> > assume Athearn would have only done these if they were
> > actual cars simular to this.
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> > Thanks
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