[CBQ] 1945 to 1955 operations on Central Nebraska branches

["GB" <gregbarnes30135@yahoo.com>]

The MR guide to livestock railroading whet my appetite to learn more about 
cattle country.  Most intriguing is the grid of branches in Central Nebraska:

Wymore to Crete
Fairmont to Helvey
Fairmont to Hebron
Benedict to Clay Center
Edgar to Bruning
Burwell to Nelson
Palmer to Sargent
Jeffers to Huntley
DeWitt to Holdredge

How did the CB&Q operate these branches, especially during cattle-shipping 
season?  Did locals go between crossing points on the grid?  Did pickup-setout 
trains marshal the loads from each crossing point?  What engines were commonly 
used?

It would be interesting to know how a railroad could operator a "checkerboard" 
pattern of branches efficiently.  The CB&Q is a fascinating railroad.

Greg Barnes
Atlanta, GA



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