The lake at Waltonville was indeed built and owned by the Q, The agent at
Waltonville w3as paid a little extra for pumping water. The lake at Woodlawn
however was a L&N lake.
--- On Fri, 3/18/11, Rupert & Maureen <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
From: Rupert & Maureen <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: CB&Q Lakes
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, March 18, 2011, 1:38 PM
"There are a few titbits of information about the CB&Q in general too. Please
let me know if anyone is interested".
Yes please, the more the merrier!
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "dr strangelove" <kaiserwillieii0815@yahoo.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 1:58 AM
Subject: [CBQ] Re: CB&Q Lakes
>
>
> I do have a little bit of information on the lake at Waltonville Illinois.
> It's from "The Prairie Historian", a collection of
> bulletins from the local historical society. They are the memories of the
> locals there and a few newspaper clippings.
>
> There are a few tidbits of information about the CB&Q in general too. Please
> let me know if anyone is interested.
>
>
> One thing I found interesting, mentioned in the book, was that there was a
> pond in Woodlawn IL, that used to hold geese that
> were driven into town from the area, untill they were shipped on the RR. I am
> not sure if it was for the L&N or the Q, but I am
> sure it was parcticed by a lot of the railroads
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