Ricky,
Thanks for the offer, however my book is meant to show Missouri as it looked
before the mega-merger era started, before 1980. The goal is small town action,
freight or pre-Amtrak passenger trains, and all-color.
thanks,
mike
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Rick Keil <rkeil6721@...> wrote:
>
>
> Mike, is there anything I can do to help while I'm travelling along the
> route? Mind you, it will be a Sunday and I doubt I can get access to any
> pictures in the local historical societies or libraries. However, I could
> get some pictures of facilities as they look today.
> Ricky
>
> > To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> > From: atsf1014me@...
> > Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 14:35:28 +0000
> > Subject: [CBQ] Re: Railfanning in MO
> >
> > Guys, this is EXACTLY the line I am looking for shots of for my Rails
> > Around Missouri book, whether CB&Q or early BN. Only requirements are that
> > they are color slides, and if you send me your own scans, they have to be
> > hi-resolution (3600dpi+). We can use Dropbox for the file transfer so that
> > mailing a CD is not needed. I have a couple of shots at Brookfield, but
> > that's it. Surely there is more out there...
> >
> > BTW, Rick, Bucklin is a great spot to catch action on both the former CB&Q
> > line and the former ATSF line, and it's only a mile off US36, if that much.
> > thanks,
> > mike
> >
> >
> > --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Bill Hirt <whirt@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Rick,
> > >
> > > There is occasional traffic from Brookfield to West Quincy. Drive into
> > > Brookfield and head to the yard. You can see it all from public
> > > property. You might be able to see if anything is around.
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > > On 5/29/2012 1:03 PM, Rick Keil wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > So pretty much everything has shifted to the former ATSF line versus
> > > > the KC cutoff? I see the tracks west of Brookfield are gone. I'll
> > > > make sure to take some time to do some train watching around Buclin.
> > > >
> > > > Ricky Keil
> > > >
> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> > > > From: lindsey_m_fowler@
> > > > Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 10:33:16 -0700
> > > > Subject: [CBQ] Re: Railfanning in MO
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Not much run's on the Brookfield (West Quincy-KC) line. About the only
> > > > thing to see anymore is the target signals still in place along the
> > > > CB&Q, and the old siding names are still up. The old Brookfield depot
> > > > is still in place I believe, as well as a few rehabbed depots in
> > > > various small towns.
> > > > If you want to see trains, BNSF TransCon is the way to go. Hwy 36
> > > > crosses it between Bucklin (where the CB&Q passes under the old ATSF
> > > > BNSF Transcon) and Marcelline, MO. They are running some 100 trains a
> > > > day at track speed.. Z trains at 70 MPH and Amtrak at 90 there.
> > > >
> > > > I'm sure other's can give you more specifics as it's been 10 years
> > > > since I've been up on the old CB&Q.
> > > >
> > > > Happy hunting..
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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