Re: [CBQ] Herald kept alive

["Douglas Harding" <doug.harding@iowacentralrr.org>]

You mean this photo? Again taken of a photo hanging on the wall in the Stockport depot. It shows Earl Smutz sitting at the desk inside the van. Michael John’s book “Remembering Southeast Iowa’s Peavine” also has a photo takin in 1979 showing the van next to the depot at Stockport.

 

Audrey Dunn was the depot agent at Stockport until she retired in July of 1971, and the depot was closed. This may be when Earl Smutz and the van took over agent duties at Stockport. The line was abandoned in Feb 1980 after the failure of the Prairie View Grain Co of Stockport in Jan 1980.

 

Doug  Harding

www.iowacentralrr.org

 

From: CBQ@groups.io [mailto:CBQ@groups.io] On Behalf Of Rupert Gamlen
Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2019 8:24 PM
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Doug

There was a second photo showing Smulz working inside the van. As this photo was 1972, I wonder when were these vans purchased. Even if this was a CB&Q van originally, it is still interesting to see both CB&Q and BN logos on the same vehicle.

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

 

From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> On Behalf Of Douglas Harding
Sent: Monday, 4 March 2019 12:39 p.m.
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Rupert, attached is a photo of Earl Smutz, CBQ depot agent at Stockport and Birmingham IA in 1972. It shows him using a “portable” office, which consists of a Ford Econoline van. Earl’s office has a sliding door vs the double hinged doors. Birmingham and Stockport were on a small branchline in SE Iowa that was worked out of Fort Madison. Earl was agent at both depots and was assigned the office van so he could be on site when the train moved from one town to the other.

 

The photo is not the best as it was a snapshot of a framed photo hanging on the wall inside the Stockport Depot, which is now a small museum.

 

Doug  Harding

www.iowacentralrr.org

 

From: CBQ@groups.io [mailto:CBQ@groups.io] On Behalf Of Rupert Gamlen
Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2019 2:31 PM
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Ok, thanks. Perhaps that is the answer. Can anyone confirm that the CB&Q had any of these vans?

Rupert Gamlen

Auckland NZ

 

From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> On Behalf Of Michael Woodruff
Sent: Monday, 4 March 2019 9:06 a.m.
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It's a second generation Ford Econoline - same basic body style was used from 1968-1974.

 

msw

akron, oh

 

On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 2:55 PM Rupert Gamlen <gamlenz@hotmail.com> wrote:

Ken

I thought of that but the van looks too modern for 1970. I don’t know anything about U.S. vans - perhaps someone could date the it.

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

 

From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> On Behalf Of Ken Riediger
Sent: Monday, 4 March 2019 8:11 a.m.
To: CBQ@groups.io
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Just a guess since I don’t know when the photo was taken. Could this have been taken right after the merger and they slapped the BN sticker on the Q customer service van?

 

Ken Riediger

Abilene, TX

 

From: Rupert Gamlen

Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2019 12:47 PM

To: CBQ@groups.io

Subject: [CBQ] Herald kept alive

 

There’s an undated photo on eBay of the depot at  Bertrand, Nebraska, with a BN Customer Service van parked outside. The depot proudly displays a Burlington Route Herald on the end wall, which could be a leftover from earlier days, but the van has B R Heralds on both rear doors. Perhaps the driver was a BRHS member.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Duplicate-Slide-CB-Q-Burlington-Route-Bertrand-NE-Station/401720039714?hash=item5d88615922:g:zY0AAOSwRiFce1GJ:rk:31:pf:0

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

 

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