Duncan,
It ran on the west side of the river. I made connections with the American Royal at West Quincy to continue my journey to the Downers Grove where I lived at the time. I had spent the that summer between high school and college working at the National Museum of Transport. According to my October, 1961 Official Guide, the train left the station at Second and Franklin St (Carr Street Station?) at 11:20 PM and arrived at West Quincy at 2:05 AM. The American Royal departed West Quincy at 2:20 AM and arrived in Aurora at 6:58 AM where I caught a Dinky to DG. That schedule is the same as I recall. The whole purpose of traveling that route was to ride behind #9908 so if the other train to Galesburg and Savanna on the east side of the river had been available, that would not have been my choice. in 1961, I could ride behind an E7 any old day! However, from what I see in the Oct, 1961 Guide, there was no service on the east side of the river at that time. The only remanent of that operation was a bus between Davenport, IA and Savanna, IL that connected with the trains to the Twin Cities or Chicago.
Bill Barber Gravois Mills, MO
Fri Aug 23, 2013 3:16 pm (PDT) . Posted by:Bill, If the train was to Quincy, which side of the Mississippi did it run on? The indications I have was that #1 had been cut back to Hannibal by then, but maybe it went further. Duncan ----- Original Message ----- From: William Barber To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 10:53 AM Subject: [CBQ] Re: Train # 1 Mail Train St. Louis to Burlington Larry, In August, 1961, I rode a late evening train out of Cass Street station (freight house? It was much of a facility!) to Quincy. As I remember, the train included several head end cars and one coach. On that date, it was pulled by Silver Charger, #9908. It was the only time that I ever rode behind it. Somewhere, I have some B&W photos taken at the station that evening. I don't recall whether it was Train #1 or not. Bill Barber Gravois Mills, MO
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