It appears that the Barriger family took a trip east around the mid
30's. The Pioneer Zephyr is in one of the shots. So many are mounted
backwards.
Who ever owns this wonderful collection needs to go back and remount
quite a few. I spotted the Nebraska State Capitol building in one in
group #2.
Noel
On 2/16/2014 5:17 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
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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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