Thanks Leo...I admit I had some doubts as to whether Burlington was a crew
change point for passenger crews,and I should have checked...."engage brain
before opening mouth or putting fingers to keys"....Did the engine crews run
through from Galesburg to Ottumwa??? I assume that they did TT shows 117
miles from Galesburg to Ottumwa.
Those days were certainly "heydays" for big pay for short hours for engine
crews especially...Probably on duty less than two hours each way and sometimes
set up to "double the road" every other day. Recently I read a story...can't
remember...thought it was Classic Trains or RITS ROCKET, but can't find it now,
but the story was of a new Rocket the RI had put in service between Kansas City
and Mpls...The engineer running between Des Moines, IA and Trenton, MO (124
miles one way) bragged that he "doubled the road every other day and was making
$400 or so a month...(1937 dollars...average working man making less than $200
month).
Great pay and good hours for old heads, but just unstainable in the modern
world....This stuff lasted pretty much through the passenger era on most
railroads.
Pete
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-----Original Message-----
From: qutlx1 <qutlx1@aol.com>
To: cbq <cbq@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Dec 16, 2010 5:47 am
Subject: [CBQ] Arrival/Departure time question
As usual Pete did a great job in his answer about station
arrival/departure times in TTs.
But I do need to point out one correction. Burlington was a crew change
point for train crews between Aurora Div men working to/from Chicago CUS and
Ottumwa Div men working west. We did change quickly.
Engine crews on the same train changed at Galesburg.
Often times the crew change points on passenger were different than frt
due to basic day mileage payment differences between frt/passenger.
Leo Phillipp
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