RE: [CBQ] Thayer wreck photos

[Art Lischer <alisch80@gmail.com>]

I was born and raised in Creston. Dad was an engineer on the Q then BN for
45 years. It's Thayer Iowa,  I'm positive. I'm planning on bidding on them
tonight.

Art Lischer
West Des Moines,  IA
On Feb 13, 2014 12:25 PM, "Hol Wagner" <holpennywagner@msn.com> wrote:

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> I think we're all agreed now that the scene of the derailment is indeed
> Thayer, Iowa.  Attached, with the seller's permission, are the best images
> I can produce from the eBay scans -- in case someone is interested in
> bidding on the four of them.
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> Hol
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> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> From: LZadnichek@aol.com
> Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 12:38:34 -0500
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Thayer wreck photos
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>   February 13, 2014
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> Charlie - From the tender, could be a R Class engine. I fully agree, it's
> Thayer, Iowa.
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> Louis Zadnichek II
> Fairhope, AL
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>  In a message dated 2/13/2014 11:17:12 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> cvlk@comcast.net writes:
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>  Rupert and all-
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> The third of the Thayer wreck postcards with the steam crane lifting
> carcasses into a gondola confirms it was Thayer, IA....the locomotive in the
> photo (haven't tried to determine the number or class) is most definitely a
> Q engine.   Unless the Q came in on another railroad to clean up its cars
> in the wreck (highly unlikely) it is Thayer IA on the CB&Q.
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> Charlie Vlk
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