Re: [CBQ] Empire Builder Location

["Dave Sarther via Groups.Io" <sartherdj=aol.com@groups.io>]

At this time (April, 1966, damn that was a long time ago!) I was a junior at Loras College in Dubuque, IA and busy sandbagging along the west side of the US 20 end of the bridge over the Mississippi River.  Classes were cancelled for a few days to enable us to lend a hand in the sandbagging operation.  The major perk for our efforts was a free tetanus shot.  The north east side approach to the bridge from East Dubuque, IL and Wisconsin was above the flood waters while downtown Dubuque and East Dubuque were slowly being engulfed by rising flood water. Lock and Dam #11 just north of Dubuque was wide open and the water was ripping through, over and around the lock and dam.  The CB&Q, CGW and Milw Rd were all sent on alternate routes. That left all the students attending local colleges to find alternate routes back into the Chicago area for Easter break.  Some of my friends rode the "Hound" while I chose to hitch hike south to the Quad Cities and cross the river there to get home to Chicago.

Later,  Dave S.   Tucson, AZ

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From: James Sandrin <sandmantrains@gmail.com>
To: CBQ <CBQ@groups.io>
Sent: Mon, Nov 25, 2019 5:24 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Empire Builder Location

When there was cause for rerouting passenger traffic on the river line (high water, derailments and the like) trains were sent up the Milwaukee Road, using its line from Chicago to Milwaukee to St. Paul.  Amtrak  ultimately chose this route for its version of the Empire Builder.  Jim Sandrin 

On Mon, 25 Nov 2019 at 16:55, Bryan Howell via Groups.Io <tubaman21=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

Duplainville, WI, west of Milwaukee near Waukesha.

Bryan J. Howell

Superior, WI

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 5:46 PM, Tom Mack via Groups.Io

<thommack=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

The caption on this slide says its the Empire Builder in 1966 at Duplainville, IL. The tower is clearly marked Duplainville, and it is clearly a Q E-unit in the lead, but I can't find Duplainville, IL on a map. Anyone know where this is?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/AMTRACK-RAILROAD-SLIDE-AMTK-W-B-EMPIRE-BUILDER-DUPLAINVILLE-ILL-APR-1966-C22/174106077904?hash=item288987ead0:g:TFUAAOSwi5Vd2w9z

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Tom Mack
Cincinnati, OH

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