If anyone wants to get technical about the line itself (not the service over it), then the line built with the intention of reaching Cheyenne actually began at DeWitt, Neb., and was constructed under the auspices of the Nebraska & Colorado Railroad Company (Neb. trackage), the Colorado & Wyoming Railroad Company (Colo. trackage) and the Cheyenne & Burlington Railroad Company (Wyo. trackage). Construction began at DeWitt in August 1883 and progressed west, eventually reaching Cheyenne in late 1887, with through service beginning on Dec. 11, 1887. The trackage from Nemaha east to Beatrice was built by the Republican Valley Railroad between 1880 and 1883, while the link between Beatrice and De Witt was built by the Omaha & South Western Railroad in 1871. The primary intent of the Republican Valley Railroad was to construct the portion of the Burlington mainline to Denver from Oxford Jct. west to the Colorado state line, and to build an extension eastward from Oxford Jct. to Table Rock, Neb., thus forming a mainline across southern Nebraska that would link via the bridge at Rulo, Neb., with the Kansas City-Council Bluffs mainline and connect at St. Joe with the line across Missouri. The intent here was to provide a direct Burlington route from St. Louis and Kansas City west to Denver. All these companies, of course, were merely paper entities, and the lines were built in the interest of and with financing from the Burlington. Hol
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 12:38:15 -0400 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
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
[Attachment(s) from LZadnichek@aol.com included below]
June 14, 2015
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
[Attachment(s) from Kenneth Middleton included below]
A friend recently sent me a copy of this article on CB&Q 719 that was published in the Alliance, NE, Times-Herald on April 14, 2015. I don't recall having seen it mentioned in this forum, so thought I would pass it along.
Best regards,
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