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[CBQ] Morning Zephyr ##22 on 11/7/1965

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Subject: [CBQ] Morning Zephyr ##22 on 11/7/1965
From: "Leo Phillipp via groups.io" <qutlx1=aol.com@groups.io>
Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 21:58:38 -0500
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In the current (Summer 2021) issue of Classic Trains there is an article about 
a passengers’ round trip from Dubuque,IA to Washington, D.C. and return. The 
author states that while riding #22 on 11/7/1965 the train detoured via Denrock 
and Mendota,Illinois to Aurora/Chicago. The Aurora division operating employees 
referred to this as “going around the horn” instead of the direct route via 
Oregon and Rochelle,Illinois. Does anyone have info. as to what happened 
somewhere between Aurora and Savanna on the C&I/CB&N to cause the detour ?

When you read the article the author references the extra effort put out by the 
La Crosse and Aurora Division Conductors to hold his Chicago PRR connection. 
When that failed arrangements were made for a B.&O. connection. He doesn’t 
distinguish that he would have dealt with two Conductors as Savanna depot was 
the trade off point for passenger crews .

One last point, the detour would not have required pilots as the Aurora crews 
were qualified and routinely operated Savanna-Denrock-Mendota-Aurora. In fact 
only the Savanna-Denrock segment was non Aurora division trackage. 

If you are interested in learning more about what a railroad pilot did/does 
watch for Burlington Route Historical Society Bulletin #65 late this year. 

Leo Phillipp


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