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I just checked "Hub of Burlington Lines West"..by Al Holck...Go to the index and find the references to Burwell...In one of those...I t;hink it's the one showing the engine sitting just outside the enginehouse he talks about the operation of the turntable.
I have a coouple of photos I took winter of 84-85 at Burwell and Sargent the Burwell one shows the turntable still in place and the enginehouse being used by the county for it's road maintenance equpt...
The big problem is finding that picture...I'm in the process or going through my "stuff" and I saw it not long ago..When it surfaces again I'll check and post a comment.
Pete
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From: randy <randy@prototrains.com> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Fri, Mar 22, 2013 1:02 pm Subject: Re: [CBQ] End of Branchline - How did they turn the engine? Pete wrote:
> Prague, NE: After the line to Schuyler was abandoned a turntable was > installed at "end of track"...There are photos in Jack Peiffer's WEST > FROM OMAHA and a video put out by CAMERAIL CLUB showing a steam engine > being turned on that table. Jim Krzycki's article "Railroad part of area culture" in the Schuyler Sun last fall said "Burlington Railroad discontinued service on Dec. 4, 1941...The last train to pull out of the station was "Old 956." There were nine cars containing some railroad salvage and one passenger...A large crane began taking up the tracks on Nov. 28, 1941." I wonder if some of the "salvage" was the turntable to reinstall at Prague? > The reference to a post, winch and pusher to operate turntables is > explained in at least one of Al Holck's books... I only have a couple, but will look through the ones I do have. Thank you for the hint. Randy __._,_.___
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