Hello,
The other possible CBQ location is in Des Moines, where Iowa Transfer RR
was under wire at one time and FDDM&S was also in the same area, west
of Shortline Tower.
ted
At 09:33 AM 12/8/2016, you wrote:
Hol, when Iowa and trolley lines are mentioned most might think the photo
was taken in Mason City IA on the Mason City & Clear Lake (later Iowa
Traction). But I?m not sure as the support brackets don?t match photos I
have seen of the MC&CL.
As it is a CB&Q car in 1947 the photo more likely is on the Southern
Iowa Railway, which was an electric line that ran from Centerville to
Moravia, and also had a line to Albia till 1948. Also known as the
Centerville Light & Traction Co, then Centerville, Albia &
Southern Ry. the lines were acquired by Iowa Southern Utilities and in
1941 became known as the Southern Iowa Ry, owned and operated by the
Utility company, which was a large user of coal. Most likely the photo
was taken at a utility coal pile in the Centerville or Albia area. The
coal pile area is not served by the electric line, so could be a Q served
industry adjacent to the juice line.
Doug Harding
www.iowacentralrr.org
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Subject: [CBQ] Aluminum Side Hopper [2 Attachments]
[Attachment(s) from Hol Wagner included
below]
Interesting negative currently for sale on ebay (image attached) showing
Q twin hopper 190854 which received aluminum side and end panels
experimentally at Havelock in August 1944. The seller says the
image for sale was taken in Iowa in 1947, and it is clearly at an
industrial property, with overhead trolley lines visible beside the
track. Any ideas where this might be? One notable change in
the lettering on the car since the builder's photo (also attached):
It is now stenciled "FOR USE ON BURLINGTON LINES ONLY IN COMPANY
COAL SERVICE." And yet it is apparently in revenue coal
service in this photo.
Hol
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