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Louis
This photo was taken from the extreme east end of Red Oak looking west. The train is headed east and is the eastbound counterpart of the
Coloradoan (19 westbound) Without looking at an old ETT my guess is that 6 would have been due at Red Oak around 9:00am. The train is on the eastbound main track in double track territory which began just west of Red Oak.
The track just next to the train is the siding and the 2 tracks next to the siding are storage tracks.
If you were to go to this location today you would see exactly what the photographer saw in his lens...Including the street overpass.
I was just there on Friday March 28th and took a couple of pictures looking both directions from the overpass.
Corbin's home.....the envy of all Q fans is just a couple of blocks west of the overpass. ????High Street.
Pete
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From: LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: cbq <cbq@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thu, Jun 12, 2014 11:01 am Subject: [CBQ] Train Time At Red Oak (1) June 12, 2014
Art And Group - As promised, I pulled an envelope with old photos given by
CB&Q Ottumwa Division Trainmaster Don Seegar to my dad M.L. Zadnichek who
was Ottumwa Division Superintendent in 1960. I do not know if Don took this
image, or if Bernard Corbin did, per Hol's earlier comments about copying and
trading photos during that era. In any event, Don passed it and others to my Dad
for his collection.
The following image shows CB&Q Class S-4 No. 3012 with Train No. 6 at
Red Oak, IA, on November 2, 1941. The 3012 was the only Class S-4 engine to
be built at the West Burlington Shops in 1935. All other S-4 engines were
built by Baldwin. The 3012 had a short service 20-year life being scrapped in
1955.
This photo is from the Collection of M.L. Zadnichek.
 I'll leave it to Hol or other Group members to describe just where in Red
Oak this photo was taken and details of Train No. 6. Looks like it was a
beautiful late Fall day in Iowa to be out train watching as the US
prepared to enter World War Two. Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
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June 12, 2014
Art - Yes, by all means share the photograph with Don Seegar's son Alan in
Galesburg. I have a number of other Q steam photos taken at Red Oak that Don
gave to my Dad. I'll be happy to post some. Don and his wife (can't remember her
name) were good friends "off-the-property" of my Dad and Mom's. I can remember
visiting the Seegar home on Sunday afternoons in Ottumwa for social
get-togethers. I don't remember Alan, but I suppose we may've met in
Ottumwa. Don and my Dad stayed in touch up until my Dad's death in 1981. I
have many fond memories of Ottumwa during the time we lived there when Dad
was Ottumwa Division Superintendent in the late 1950s. Thanks for
responding. Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
In a message dated 6/12/2014 6:04:28 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
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