Thanks, Nolen, this information gives me another local to run out of Burlington.
There’s one other question I have about switchers assigned to Burlington.
I know that NW-2s ran to Washington, but none were assigned according to the
1952 list. I have photos of 9219, 9232, 9240, and 9246 in Washington or on the
branch line in the early 1950s. Were the NW-2s considered road switchers and
assigned separately? I have photos of a GP-7 in Washington in the early 1950s,
so I know that road switchers occasionally made the run.
Nelson
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Nelson,
I
don't know it for fact but surmise the key lies in the assignment listed on the
3/6/52 assignment sheet for 9135 "Galesburg -Galva-New Boston".
I'm thinking the routing would have been Burlington-Oquawka-Keithsburg-New Boston(all
on the river) and then eastward Aledo-Alpha-Galva. Generally speaking Galesburg
would have been on the hypotenuse of the triangle, and hence bypassed.
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I was surprised to see 9135 assigned to
Burlington-Galva. That sees strange, since Galesburg is about
half way between the two. Can anyone explain this assignment?
Nelson Moyer