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To add to Leo's the IVN was cut back Walnut to Kasbeer 12/13/39 and Zearing to Kasbeer 3/25/54 so the only operation was La Salle to Zearing. EET No.3 10/29/61 shows office at La Salle 8AM-5 PM Spring Valley 7 AM-4PM NYC Crossing(Ladd and NYC Jct. no office) 7AM-3PM and 6PM-2 AM EET No.12 4/24/66 shows LaSalle 7AM-4PM Spring Valley 7AM-11:01AM Zearing is shown continuous in both No Scheduled service La Salle to Zearing in either Trains 85 and 86 operated into La Salle from Montgomery The only Data sheets I have shows a Local Train Mendota 7:30 AM to Kewanee 11:30 and return with side trip daily Zearing to La Salle. And then you would have the NYC operating NYC Jct to Zearing and they used the overhead bridge and the Main Line Crossovers to wye the power to go home. In looking at my Train Sheet Collection Mainline Aug 26, 1965 Train No. 78(All extras) engines 916 and 907 on duty Galesburg 830PM Depart GT 9:17 PM 31-47-3592Arrived Zearing 11:17 Depart south to La Salle 11:58 with 0-12-617 no times shown at La Salle back into Zearing 2:35 AM with 8-4-482 Departure would have been on Sheet of Aug.27 Earlier in the day yesterdays No. 78 Extra had been on duty GT 6:45 PM with 161CB and 124CD had departing Zearing 1:23AM (Montgomery -Zearing on Left side of sheet) NYC 1854 dept. NYC JCt. 735 AM Zearing 7:45 AMand the same crew back south at 4:45PM with engine 1755 NYC Jct. 4:57PM 3-9 (No tonnage given) Mainline Sept. 12, 1968 78 Extra 902 514 on duty GT 11:45 PM depart 1:23 AM set out 1 stock at Princeton 249-312 Arrive Zearing 325 no times shown down the branch and back depart Zearing 805 work Mendota 831-909 and Earlville 925-940 NO NYC shown but there is a 1817-1668-2181 shown NYC Jct-Zearing with just one time at 340PM at Zearing Steve in SC On Sunday, December 18, 2016 8:09 PM, "Qutlx1 qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote: W/o benefit of my ETTs, my memory says the IV & N way freight started out of Streator,turned at Zearing after Connections with thru trains and headed back to Dtreator Red Lynch was the long time Condr. He told me The job worked 16 hours everyday right up nail the It was abolished, my understanding is a lot of this time Was spent waiting at La Salle and/or Zearing waiting on connections Rip Repetto used to talk about coal and bananas coming off the IC at La Salle. After the IV & N way freight came off and maybe even Before a freight from Galesburg eastbound made a a side trip to Streator or La Salle. At some point a job out of Mendota made a round trip To La Salle. Of course back in the day there were a lot more Movements Leo Sent from my iPhone
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