John,
>From your post it sounds like the unit trains went north to Galesburg, then up
>the Pea Vine to Savanna, and on up to the Twin Cities?
Tom Mack
Cincinnati, OH
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@...> wrote:
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> Just another use for these old warriors! It makes me feel old because I
> remember them as the newest thing on rails for the Q. I remember it as if it
> was yesterday, seeing the first one hundred 100 ton hoppers loaded at the
> Zeigler #3 mine in mid-July, 1963. It was a huge deal with all kinds of Q
> officials in attendance. Doesn't seem like it was almost fifty years
> ago! The train was put together in the north yard at Christopher and for
> road power had three of the new GP-30's (the only ones, in Q days, that I
> ever saw south of Centralia) and had a new NE-13 waycar. It went to a power
> plant in the Twin Cities area. It was the first coal moving on unit train
> rates on the Q. I got to ride in "The Buick" hi-rail car (over the highway)
> with Ass't Superintendent Wyburn Traut from the mine to the north yard to see
> the train pull out.
>
> --- On Tue, 4/9/13, John Stell <stell_john@...> wrote:
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> From: John Stell <stell_john@...>
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] CBQ 161019
> To: "CBQ@yahoogroups.com" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 10:11 PM
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> The ones I have seen have been loaded with used ties. Â
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> From: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@...>
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 9:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] CBQ 161019
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> These old hoppers are in ballast service and can not be interchanged due to
> the 40 year rule.
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> --- On Tue, 4/9/13, mtskidmark <mtskidmark@...> wrote:
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> From: mtskidmark <mtskidmark@...>
> Subject: [CBQ] CBQ 161019
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 7:55 PM
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> Hey-
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> caught this old Q hopper in the consist of #MKLFPAS on Sunday:
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> http://mtskidmark.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3439080
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> Mark in Oregon
>
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