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I'll have to concede Norm...I just don't understand what you are talking about, so I'll quit. Pete
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From: Norm Metcalf normmetcalf@yahoo.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Mon, Jun 15, 2015 11:52 am Subject: Re: Nemaha to Cheyenne [was] re: [CBQ] Newspaper Article
Pete, we're talking at cross purposes. You're talking about passenger service, I'm talking about the track. Norm
From: "Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com < br> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2015 10:38 AM Subject: Re: Nemaha to Cheyenne [was] re: [CBQ] Newspaper Article Sorry Norm, but the route was...NEBRASKA CITY south through Peru, Brownville, Nemaha, then west through Auburn, Johnson, Tecumseh, Tecumseh Jct, Crab Orchard, Filley, Rockford, Beatrice, DeWitt,Tobias, Strang, Edgar, Blue Hill, Bladen, Campbell, Upland, Hildreth, Wilcox, Sacramento, Holdrege, Thence west via Curtis...Wallace...Venango,NE, Amhurst, CO, Holyoke, CO....Sterling CO....Logan, Stoneham Keota, Grover, Hereford, Arcola..Camp Stool Altvan CHEYENNE, WY
You could do this continuously via BRANCH LINE RAILS until the very early 1940's when the line between Tecumseh Jct and Beatrice.
was abandoned.
This route never ran on a main line or through Lincoln...except for 1 and 1/2 miles from Tecumseh to Tecumseh Jct and from Beatrice to DeWitt which was always part of the original route.
You just can't fool an old "timetable reader" and Wymore Division trainman.
Pete
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From: Norm Metcalf normmetcalf@yahoo.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Mon, Jun 15, 2015 10:05 am Subject: Nemaha to Cheyenne [was] re: [CBQ] Newspaper Article
Pete, no, the east end was at Nemaha. Nebraska City was on the east end of a branch from Lincoln, your suggestion would then require the main from Lincoln to Holdrege, then back on the Nemaha to Cheyenne line. Norm Metcalf, Boulder Colorado
From: "Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 15, 2015 7:54 AM Subject: Re: [CBQ] Newspaper Article Actually the line began in Nebraska City, NE. You could, at one time..get on a train at Nebraska City...travel to Holdrege, NE....travel to Sterling, CO and thence to Cheyenne, WY. Check the old...pre 1940 passenger timetables.
Pete
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From: Norm Metcalf normmetcalf@yahoo.com [CBQ] < CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: CBQ < CBQ@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sun, Jun 14, 2015 4:15 pm Subject: Re: [CBQ] Newspaper Article
You meant Sterling CO to Cheyenne WY. It was the west end of the line beginning in Nemaha NE. Norm Metcalf, Boulder Colorado
From: "LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2015 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [CBQ] Newspaper Article [1 Attachment]
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Ken - I enjoyed reading about Q 719 now on display in Alliance. I've attached an image of the 4-6-0 type when numbered 919 on the Sterling, NE, to Cheyenne, WY, branch. It was powering a mixed freight at Alvan, WY, in July 1956. The locomotive would've been age 53 and was still producing revenue ton miles for the Q. Hopefully, funds can be raised to put a shelter over 719 to protect it from the elements. Best Regards - Louis
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