Hi Dave ...... GEEZ, you mean someone actually acted proactively to inform a
dedicated interest group about something they might be interested in ? ....
and you got the folks at the Museum of Transport to listen and respond
positively to your information/suggestion ? How foreign to my life all that is
!!!!! But, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!
-- John A. Swearingen
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--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@...> wrote:
>
> Hi John,
>
> I was involved in that effort. When the line south out of Bevier was being
> rebuilt, one of the individuals involved contacted the BRHS about the gon,
> and I worked with the folks at the Museum of Transport to get it relocated.
> I'll try to find the correspondence to determine how long ago this was. The
> last I knew, the metal portions of the car were still at the museum, but
> back in the southwest
> corner of the museum.
>
> Dave Lotz
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
> smokyjoe66
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 9:34 PM
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CBQ] I missed the party !
>
>
>
>
>
> The well-remembered and much beloved Bevier & Southern is but 30 miles
> from my home here in Brookfield, Missouri. In railfan terms that is my
> backyard. But, all of this talk about searching for a Q composite side
> gondola and finding one in the weeds south of Bevier, restoring its
> condition, and getting it to the National Museum of Transport in St. Louis,
> all without my knowing that effort was going on, makes me feel as though I
> missed the party in my backyard.
>
> Would some kind soul in this group, send me an off-line e-mail informing
> me of who all was involved in this effort, when, and over how much time?
> Fascinating that it was done, and I certainly salute those dedicated souls
> who did it. Now, perhaps, if this group is still active they could just come
> back to Brookfield and get the classic 4-window wood waycar (still has
> wooden beams on trucks), that sits, rotting more each day, on a farm 2 miles
> out of town, restore it and get it safely into a museum, all would be right
> with the world.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John A. Swearingen
> Brookfield, Missouri
>
> js08ws62@...
>
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