Hi All,
If anyone
would like to assist the North Lee County Historical Society, please Steve
Rippeteau offlist at railscenes@q.com.
Thanks!
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Rippeteau
[mailto:railscenes@q.com]
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011
3:37 AM
To: BRHS@burlingtonroute.com
Cc: Steve Rippeteau; N Lee County
Historical So; Vernon Wndsor; Mary Ottoson; Bob Kosic; Preston Hamilton; Chris
Schilb; Brian Gruntmeir; Mike Engebretson; Warren Scholl; Scott Krause; Paul
Brown
Subject: Fort Madison, IA
4-14-2012
Burlington Route Historical Society
Gentlemen:
The North Lee County Historical Society,
a 501c3, is planning a fund raising event with the help of the Santa Fe Railway
Historical & Modelers Society here in Fort Madison, IA on Friday &
Saturday, April 13 & 14, 2012. We may extend it to Sunday the 15th to
include a layout tour in Farmington, IA at the Hellmart. We are still
working out a detailed list of clinics/programs and schedule. We have several
programs lined up already. We are focusing on the AT&SF, CB&Q and BNSF
here in the area around Fort Madison. Unfortunately we do not have much
information or photos on the CB&Q here in Fort Madison. It would be great
to have some photos of CB&Q service on the "K Line" such as the
Mark Twain Zephyr or the Zephyr Rocket.
Our museum is in temporary quarters in
the CB&Q depot while the Santa Fe depot complex is elevated above the flood
level. The city owns both depots and the NLCHS leases the Santa Fe depot
complex. We are planning an open house at our museum on Friday into the evening
so those arriving early and are interested can see our general interest museum
with some rail displays. We would like to know if it is possible to have some
information posted on your website on our mini-meet? I noticed that the
BRHS is planning a spring meet in Batavia, IL on April 21, 2012.
So we ask your help in sharing
information and make our railfan community aware of a great location to learn
more about rail history and enjoy seeing rail history in the making with an
average of 70 trains a day through Fort Madison with the convergence of the two
mainlines through the downtown area.
Thank you, Steve Rippeteau
1108 Avenue G, Fort Madison, IA 52627
Home phone: 319-372-9193 or cell: 319-371-5086
Museum: 319-372-7661
nlchs@iowatelecom.net
Website: www.fortmadisonhistory.org