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Re: [CBQ] Straws, the 'Q' and Industries

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From: Duncan Cameron <d.cameron@sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:16:28 -0500
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Gerald, I can't believe I missed this e-mail of yours from a year and a half ago.  I must have been on vacation.  If you still have the industry list book, I'd love to know what the CB&Q was serving in Keokuk (or any K-line town) that year.  I have a pretty good list assembled from Sanborn maps etc, but this would be great confirmation.  Please let me know if this would be possible.
Thanks as always.
Duncan Cameron
 
----- Original Message -----
From: gaedgar66
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 3:58 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Straws, the 'Q' and Industries

 

STRAWS: I was at the 4000 Foundation Railfair in No. LaCrosse Saturday & despite the heat it was well attended. Came across a Burlington marked item I had no idea existed: BR herald on pkg of soda straws! (this was quite old as were 2 to a pkg and are the real thin variety). It just goes to show that what you might think in common and pass by, is uncommon elsewhere. Anyone have or observed marked straws?

THE 'Q': Among Emps and fans, sometimes we refer to the Burlington as 'the Q' for short. It's understandable the corporation would not like to use such a casual term in referring to themselves so over the years I have only seen one brochure that used the term 'Q' until:

INDUSTRIES: Just acquired a Frt Traffic Dept publication listing all industries served by the Q. It's organized by industry category AND by station: line by line, branch by branch; a real treasure trove of just what businesses was originating and/or shipping on the Burlington (this volume is 1917). There are ads by the Burlington on several pages and guess what one of the slogans was used repeatedly? "Get your freight thru by way of the Q!" IF anyone has a particular town or type of industry they are modeling or researching & need some info, contact me off-list (for example: in addition to Heilemans in LaCrosse, there was also 2 other breweries! Also QO&StL is listed separately and all coal mines are broken out; also neat to see all the Gold mines in the Black Hills)

Speaking of freight, I encountered a ret'd CB&Q Frt Agt at the 4000 Show as well as a former LaX Div Operator (who spent a little time at every Tower from Savanna to the Cities!). I have visited with a lot of different Q employees but a Frt Agt was a first. Like passenger Agts they not only had offices along the Burlington but at selected major cities thruout America and even overseas. This fellow spent some time in Detroit and had a good story about a local Mafia leader who liked the Burlington's bridge scorepads. I am working with him (and the Tower Operator) to share some stories and photos in an upcoming Zephyr.

Moral of the story: attend a midwestern RR show and you just might find that one 'never before seen' (at least by you) CB&Q item AND meet a former Emp! Gerald



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