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:
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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