Louis: I had no trouble with the attachments -- never have with anything posted to this group. It should be noted that the 0-6-0 in the Kearney photo is a Union Pacific engine, as are the employees shown. that railing to the right surrounds the park at the UP depot, and the majority of the tracks visible are UP -- as is the freight arriving in the distance. Kearney was the original western terminus of the B&MR in Nebraska, selected as the most promising point to connect with the transcontinental railroad and carry traffic to and from Lincoln and southeastern Nebraska. Hol
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:38:56 -0500 Subject: Fwd: [CBQ] Rural Branches
February 15, 2015
Group - Did any one have a problem in opening or finding my attached file
consisting of two images as per below? Please advise if you did. Best
Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
From: LZadnichek@aol.com
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 2/13/2015 4:03:27
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February 13, 2015
Kirby and Ken - Thanks to Brian's earlier post about the Solomon Butcher
photographic collection depicting Custer County, NE, I'm attaching two images.
First, the B&MR depot at Anselmo, NE, dated 1890. Second, the Q yards and
station in Kearney, NE, dated 1911. The locomotive shown is probably an early
Class G-1 0-6-0 switcher. Hope this helps you on modeling a Lines West branch
or secondary line. Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
In a message dated 2/13/2015 1:55:22 P.M. Central Standard Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
Kirby,
I dont have pics of Kansas but the picture of Anselmo, NE below should
be similar.
A quick look found plat maps showing the CB&Q for the
following towns which would show track arrangements.
Cedar Bluffs, Kansas
Kanona
Traer
Ken Martin
Does anyone have any pictures that would show a typical WW I era
CB&Q branch line station. My interest is in the old St. Francis branch
that ran across the NW corner of Decatur county Kansas. The line still
exists but is now part of the Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado short line.
It runs through what little is left of the community of Cedar Bluffs,
Kansas.
What
would the grain elevators, stock handeling facilities, freight and
passenger facilities (depot) look like.
I
have read a lot about the community of Cedar Bluffs, Kansas (now largely
gone), at it's biggest it's population was under 700. Like so many rural
communities the advent of cars and trucks took away their reason for
existing. With horse and wagon a round trip with shopping to Oberlin,
Kansas or McCook, Nebraska would take all day. Even the cars and trucks of
1920 made a trip only a half day event. Now with ! better roads and modern
vehicles it is only a matter of a couple of hours to make the same trip.
Sic transit gloria!!
All
that is left of the community in central Kansas (Thornburg, north of Smith
Center) where my Grandmother was born and grew up is a crossroads and the
Church with the local cemetary a mile to the west. My great grandfathers
homestead was a mile east of the church. His decendants still farm
there.
Kirby
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