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Re: [CBQ] 1957 Special to Galena ?

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Subject: Re: [CBQ] 1957 Special to Galena ?
From: "Leo Phillipp via groups.io" <qutlx1=aol.com@groups.io>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 10:10:45 -0500
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Thanks Bill,

As a BRHS member and a director I encourage you and others who have the 
detailed knowledge and visuals to please put together an article for the 
Bulletin on the wonderful steam excisions.

Leo
> On May 13, 2020, at 9:59 AM, William Barber <clipperw@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Leo,
> 
> No it was not a fall color trip. It was just one of the many steam fan trips 
> of that era. The trip was organized and hosted by the Railroad Club of 
> Chicago and ran on October 6, 1957. At Savanna, O1A mikado 5090 was suppose 
> to replace the 5631 for the portion of the trip to Galena. However, prior to 
> departure, someone on the Q decided that track condition on the Galena Branch 
> was not in shape to handle the mikado, so, a GP7 was substituted. The 5090, 
> however, was at Savanna, under steam, to greet the fans on the trip.The Q 
> always did things first class! I don’t have the train consist for that trip, 
> but the 10 car estimate is fairly close. I would say 10 to 12 cars including 
> a baggage car, a diner and, in those days, the Omaha Club on the rear. Photos 
> of that trip and the two steam locomotives are available in the BRHS members 
> only Flickr Album. I still have a ticket stub from that trip and the original 
> fan trip flyer. It was a thrilling ride, but not as good as the 3003 Hudson 
> trip the month before that operating Chicago - Savanna - Galesburg - Chicago. 
> On that trip, my dad clocked the 3003 at 96 mph between Mendota and Aurora. I 
> am well aware of the historic run that 5631 made between Aurora and Savanna. 
> Some say that it was the shortest time that the trip between those two point 
> had ever been made. The decade between 1955 and 1966 was a wonderful time for 
> a young teen age boy in the Chicago area, interested in trains and steam. It 
> sparked a life long interest, career and hobby for me. 
> 
> Bill Barber
> Gravois Mills, MO
> 
> 


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