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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