Re: [CBQ] Savanna Army Depot

["qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

I spent a part of a day inside the Dayman,IA army depot just outside Burlington about 18 months ago as part of my job. It ships armaments in box cars. The interesting thing is that before cars are spotted someone goes inside each car. The doors are closed, any light filtering into the car either bad orders the car or is caulked,patched,etc immediately; before anything is loaded in the car. The BNSF simply sets out and picks up while currently Rail Connection is the contract switching provider. 

Takes a long time to get around the facility at 10MPH. Tracks are good for much higher speeds but the base restricts speed.

Even during the 1970s tanks,trucks,etc, passed through Savanna yard coming and going from

The Savanna Proving grounds.

Leo Phillipp

On Feb 3, 2015, at 9:40 AM, STEVEN HOLDING sholding@sbcglobal.net [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Tom

A Bulletin article is in the works

I can tell you we use to move material from the IAAP at Burlington to Savanna.  Also it was used for material storage for years before being shut down.

Steve in SC

On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 9:05 AM, "qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Tom,

The Savanna Army depot is North of town so it is in La Crosse div. territory. Trains and crew on that division served the base. Like most active army depots the carrier simply set out and picked up with the base engines doing the switching. The man you need to talk with with is Phil Weibler(PAW), as he was actually based there for some time during his military service.

Today, among other things there is a rail car storage operation, a car repair operation,etc using some of the miles of track inside the former base.

Leo

On Feb 3, 2015, at 7:05 AM, thommack@yahoo.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.co m> wrote:

 

The Savanna Army Depot was a huge 13,062-acre installation located about 11 miles north of Savanna. It was closed in 2000 and currently has three ex-Army RS4TC locomotives (now lettered for Riverport Railroad) and part of it is being used as an industrial park (the Savanna Depot Park). Considering the depot's size and number of locomotives I would have to believe there was a huge amount of traffic into and out of the depot in the late 1960's.

Can anyone provide any insight into how much traffic was going in and out of the depot in the late 1960's? Was it mostly boxcars? (It appears there is a huge area of bunkers in the depot for ammo storage.) Was there a dedicated wayfreight from Savanna to the depot or was it switched by the pickup out of Savanna?

Thanks in advance,

Tom Mack

Cincinnati, OH

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