Re: [CBQ] Burlington Bulletin No. 55

["Louis Zadnichek via Groups.Io" <LZadnichek=aol.com@groups.io>]

July 10, 2018

Bill, Pete and other contributing Group members - Thanks for further ID'ing this image.  Always interesting what comments a random slide can generate. Best Regards - Louis

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL

In a message dated 7/10/2018 10:33:46 AM Central Standard Time, whirt@fastmail.com writes:

The KCZ must of been waiting for a meet at East Leavenworth. By 1939, Kansas City-Omaha passenger trains were no longer stopping at East Leavenworth. The bus connection to Leavenworth was made at Beverly (just to the north 2-3 miles or so) where the CGW (and prior to World War II) the RI crossed to get to/from Leavenworth.

I'd also be curious if this detour movement was before or after partial abandonment of the original Chicago-KC main between Cameron and Birmingham. The track charts I have show that the Cameron - Kearney section was removed in June 1962. A 1961 Hannibal Division Employee Timetable still shows a 50 mph speed limit for a passenger trains on the old main line. This was not much slower than the St. Joe - Brookfield portion which had a 60 mph speed limit for passenger trains. Overall though, I suspect it was well before abandonment time due to the train being all stainless steel equipment which was not the case from the later half of 1950s on as the KCZ was not very successful and the stainless equipment often drifted to other Zephyrs.

Bill Hirt

On 7/9/2018 5:48 PM, jpslhedgpeth via Groups.Io wrote:

Thanks Charley..the detour idea came to me when I was about through writing my post..Turned out somebody else had beat me to it.  The detour would have been as I mentioned up to St. Joe and then east...

Pete

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