There’s a full report in Bulletin 53 on the Belmont Tunnel.
The quick answer is that the CB&Q tried in 1967 to discontinue service between Alliance and Billings, but the ICC ruled against it.
On 6 August 1968, the company again gave a month’s notice to the ICC of its intention to discontinue
trains 42 and 43, this time between Omaha and Billings. Again the
ICC ordered the company to continue the service for four months pending the outcome of an investigation. After various investigations and hearings, a judgment was issued on 13 August 1969 that the service could be stopped. First thing on the next day,
train 41 stopped at Hemingford and the 33 passengers were required to alight. Eventually a bus was provided to take them to their destination. Later that day, a 10 day stay was ordered by the Supreme Court but was lifted on 24 August and the passenger service
was stopped.
It was suggested that Glenn Cunningham, a Nebraskan Congressman and a member of the House Commerce Committee’s Transportation Subcommittee, was involved in the Supreme Court action.
It is unclear if he had been one of the passengers on the train, although later reports said he was in Crawford and intending to use the service to return home after his vacation.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
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As I recall, there was a congressman or senator riding the train when this happened. I believe the incident resulted in the Q having to reinstate the train for a short time and legislation requiring discontinued trains to complete their
last trip.
I have cross-posted this reply to the CB&Q group to see if anyone there remembers the incident
L&N also pulled that kind of shenanigan when it discontinued the southbound Hummingbird en route in Birmingham on January 9, 1969. Supposedly the passengers were bussed to their destinations.
Jason P
I believe the train was terminated in Wyoming on the way to Billings, MT and was a CB&Q rather than a BN train. Still it was a chicken "manure" move. Hopefully the official responsible for this dumb decision was called on the carpet
for tarnishing the Burlington's public image.
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