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There were some interesting operations out of Red Oak and the roundhouse was involved as a real part of them. There were railroad operations in 4 directions out of Red Oak..N S E W.
See Steve Holdings piece in BB ?? There was a local which originated at Creston with a steam engine..He ran to Red Oak...Ran down to the RH in the lower yard..Took a 44 tonner and went up the branch to Griswold. Upon return to Red Oak he took the turned steam engine and returned to Creston. This run was called the "north branch".
On the South Branch (to Hamburg, IA) there were other unique operations which involved to round trips..One all the way to Hamburg to connect with trains on the Omaha KC line. Another would run down to Shenandoah and spent several hours doing the switching at the various "Seed Houses"..Earl May, Henry Field and a couple of others.
These operations south of Red Oak would take baggage cars of Nursery Stock during season (Feb-April) from Shenandoah to Hamburg..but them on the siding which was equipped with stand by steam for the baggage cars..This was required since the nursery stock had to be protected from freezing. These normally moved on the rear end of Train 26. Saild train would just back onto these cars on the southward siding at Hamburg and run behind the coaches.
Nursery stock going north or east would move up the branch to Red Oak and be placed on the rear end of passenger trains like No. 8 and 14.
There is a classic Corbin photo of a K4 engine making a run up the hill to the mainline with a train of nursery stock. I think it made the BRHS calendar a time or two.
Steve Holding covered the branch line operations east and west of Red Oak in his BB article...about No.23-25 under the title "OS Creston"..one of my all time favorites. Sorry Leo....Yours had more work, but Steve's had more drama.
Pete
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From: LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Mon, Jul 25, 2016 3:22 pm Subject: Re: [CBQ] Another Mystery Roundhouse July 25, 2016
Hol/Pete - So, the image is indeed the roundhouse at Red Oak, IA,
but on Lines East, not West. A neat little five stall wood roundhouse for a
branch line terminal. Hol, thank you for ID'ing. Best Regards -
Louis
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