Re: [CBQ] Peavine/K-line

[Duncan Cameron <d.cameron@sympatico.ca>]

Sam, that's exactly the time frame I'm talking about!  I think I even recognize the pictures from Michael's book.  Do you know about any change to the divisional assignment?

Duncan

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Sam Cook

To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 9:30 PM

Subject: Re: [CBQ] Peavine/K-line

 

If I may interject............
http://sjcook.com/trains/cbq/misc/peavine.gif

Sam Cook, Milan, MO
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Duncan Cameron wrote:
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> I just purchased Michael Johns book on Iowa's Peavine and it raised a question. It states that when parts of the K-line between Keokuk and Mt. Pleasant were abandoned in
> 1932, the remaining portion, now accessed from the Peavine, became part of the Ottumwa division. In 1939, the portion of the Peavine from Birmingham to Batavia was
> abandoned, severing its connection with the Q main across Iowa. Can anyone confirm -- perhaps from an ETT from 1939 or the early 1940s -- that as of that abandonment the
> Peavine became part of the Hannibal division since it could then only be accessed out of Ft. Madison?
> Duncan Cameron

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