Duncan,
According to an article from a local newspaper, #9849 was on
trains 109 and 110 on the last day of service as the doodlebug came thru
Mendon, IL.
Unfortunately, I don't have a date on the photocopy of the
article, but a little searching of other info on the photocopy dates this to
1957, probably Sat Jan 5 or 12, I believe.
Larry Stoll
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 7:20 AM, Duncan Cameron
<d.cameron@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
Thanks Ken! As you might guess, I'm focused on
the Iowa side and was simply trying to determine whether it was conceivable
that a motorcar stood in for the MTZ/#43 on occasion.
By my layout date, though, #43 was off the schedule,
so the question was academic.
I'll be fudging reality to have trains #1 and 44 still
come through Keokuk!
Duncan
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Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011
1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] train number
question
Duncen,
Dorin's "Everywhere West The Burlington Route" p32 has a picture of
train #110 using 9816 headed for Quincy via Carthage in 1952.
9815 - 9818 were imported in brass some years ago.
Ken Martin
On Dec 15, 2011, at 10:04 AM, Duncan Cameron wrote:
Thanks Dave and John. It would be the Burlington to
Quincy train I was thinking of. I'd seen a picture of a motorcar
in Burlington that was presented as train #43 (which could have been,
but certainly wasn't typical). I then thought that maybe the
Illinois-side train had the same number, being in another
division. So I'm left assuming that, at least on one occasion
#9849, was used on train #43.
Thanks again.
Duncan