Ray, If it the same Barriger that I recall, he was president of the
Monon among other positions of high rank on other roads. He left most
of his papers to the Merchantile Library in St Louis and they have a
separate wing containing these outstanding photos and other data. I
used to spend hours at the Library during my layover in St Louis
waiting for a return train up the K Line. His early association with
the federal government and the railroads included the taking of
pictures from his private car of many routes and other railroads.
Literlly thousands I would guess. I was intrigued by his trip up the
K Line in the early 30s. Real glad someone is now cataloging these
outstanding photos. Archie
On Feb 16, 2014, at 4:17 PM, Ray Bedard wrote:
WOW. What great photos. I am sure this will generate a lot of Yahoo
messages.
Who is John Barriger? Is/was he a photographer that shot only CB&Q
or other RR's as well?
Too bad there are no descriptions to identify location, date, etc.
I sure would like to get more info on these photos.
Ray San Jose
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: rgortowski@aol.com
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 15:00:04 -0500
Subject: Re: [CBQ] CB&Q Set of the Barriger Collection
Does anyone know if you can buy 8" x 10" prints from the Barriger
Library direct?
Rich G.
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From: jeralbin <jeralbin@aol.com>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sun, Feb 16, 2014 1:34 pm
Subject: [CBQ] CB&Q Set of the Barriger Collection
List: The Barriger Library has now scanned 409 photos of the CB&Q on
Flickr. Prior lists only showed a small number, this may be the
complete set now. http://flic.kr/s/aHsjRv9kDa For us Illinois lads
the following may be of special interest. In no particular order:
#74 shows the west end of Clyde on center track going west. Moline
coal is on the right at La Vergne. It also looks like they are re-
ballasting the main line. #77 shows a shoo-fly around bridge
construction at "I THINK", west of Naperville at the Du Page river.
#150 shows vertical "telltails" just before a steel bridge. I've
never seen that before. #424 shows the Oregon Station in like new
condition. #362 shows a very busy Galesburg station and many, many
more!.
You can save the photos to a picture file by left clicking a photo.
Then left click to bring up a size box. Click large. Then right
click to save the photo in your picture file. These photos are for
home use/study ONLY.
Many of the photos will have to be flipped horizontally and/or
vertically with an image editor because they were scanned wrong. You
most likely will also have the adjust the contrast and shadows to
see the details.
For those of you that don't have an image editor, the following link
to a free home use editor and viewer and is excellent. http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
. These photos are guaranteed to keep old guys busy...Regards..Jerry
Albin, Homer Glen, IL
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