RE: [CBQ] 1945 to 1955 operations on Central Nebraska branches

["Rupert & Maureen" <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>]

Bulletin number 25

 

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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2013 1:03 p.m.
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] 1945 to 1955 operations on Central Nebraska branches

 

There is a Burlington  Bulletin from a few years ago which reviewed in great detail livensock operation on the Burlington

Somebody probably can quote the number from memory????

 

Pete

-----Original Message-----
From: GB <gregbarnes30135@yahoo.com>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Jul 30, 2013 5:01 pm
Subject: [CBQ] 1945 to 1955 operations on Central Nebraska branches

 

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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