Batavia, Iowa, looking down the mainline westward toward Ottumwa. The Ft.
Madison and NW narrow guage never reached Batavia, Iowa as a narrow guage
(that was a mistaken notion set forth in Robert Brown's book on the Iowa
Peavine). The narrow guage stopped at Collete in Jefferson County, Iowa.
Converted to standard gauge in 1896-97, extended to Ottumwa (1897) as the
"Chicago, Ft. Madison & Des Moines Railroad", purchased by CBQ in 1900, portion
Ottumwa to Batavia abandoned by CBQ in 1902 (because it was duplicate track and
closely paralleled the CBQ mainline into Ottumwa for 14 unneccessary miles),
track built into CBQ mainline at Batavia to allow through- service on the Ft.
Madison-Stockport branch. Service ended 1939 between Batavia, Iowa and
Birmingham, Iowa.
Michael Johns
"Remembering Southeast Iowa's Peavine"
--- On Wed, 6/8/11, Nicholas Pitsch <pitschni@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Nicholas Pitsch <pitschni@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Mystery station
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 10:56 AM
That sure looks like Batavia, IA to me - but I'm not sure which one - the
original (B&MR) or the Ft. Madison & Northwestern (a narrow gauge later
absorbed into the Burlington). Given the signals, think it is the former,
though - looking towards Ottumwa.
I have postcard views of this, plus the "Peavine" book at home, I'll check when
I get there.
N. L. Pitsch
Manassas VA
--- On Tue, 6/7/11, David Schnell <daveschnell@juno.com> wrote:
From: David Schnell <daveschnell@juno.com>
Subject: [CBQ] Mystery station
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 8:57 PM
I posted a photo of a station called "Batavia". But it is not the east side
station of Batavia, Illinois that is now a museum. There was a branch line of
the west side of town. Can anyone verify if this is the west side Batavia
station? It does not appear to be a station in Batavia of another state. Thanx.
David Schnell
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