Re: [CBQ] Twin City Zephyr speed limits and LaCrosse street running

["jpslhedgpeth via groups.io" <jpslhedgpeth=aol.com@groups.io>]

Bill and Louis...Your mention of "Red" Visney brought back a memory of a great picture which appeared in TRAINS of Red at the throttle of a Twin Cities Zephyr white shirt...straw hat and cigar firmly gripped in his mouth.  The caption was perfect.

I did hear later that Murphy got some  "flack' regarding the  "inappropriate" characterization of a Q Official smoking a cigar and running 90 mph.

BTW  Red Visney's son Dave was just ahead of me in the Rock Island Training Program.  I followed him as Trainmaster at  Little Rock ARK.  Dave was a Division Supt for awhile and then became a  "Super System  Transportation Agent.  Kind of like Earl Currie's job.  IIRC Dave got to be president of the Ilinois Terminal RR.    I have not seen or heard of or about him for quite some  time.

Pete  

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From: Louis Zadnichek via groups.io <LZadnichek=aol.com@groups.io>
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Subject: [CBQ] Twin City Zephyr speed limits and LaCrosse street running

December 10, 2021

 

Bill - That particular image and another similar one are both in the BRHS Flicker Page, although I can't quite remember which album they appear in.  One of the images you speak of, if I remember correctly, shows the back of the head of LaCrosse Division RFE Bill Childress (whom I remember as a youth) at the throttle with the Barko speed recorder showing just how FAST the Twin Cities Zephyr was moving.

 

The other image shows Aurora Division RFE Red Visney (whom I also remember as a youth) with a cigar and wearing a summer straw hat at the throttle. With nearly 38,000 images now uploaded to Flickr, I find myself getting "lost" in the digital collection, as vast and all encompassing as it now is.  I highly encourage all BRHS members to occasionally visit Flickr as new images are being added each day - Louis

 

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL       

In a message dated 12/10/2021 9:21:19 AM Central Standard Time, whirt@fastmail.com writes:

 

Louis,

I recall a photo in a Kalmbach publication of a Q road foreman running an E5 on one of the Twin Zephyrs. Chomping his cigar and looking very calm, the caption stated he was running the locomotive at nearly 120 mph.

Bill Hirt

On 12/9/2021 11:14 AM, Louis Zadnichek via groups.io wrote:

December 9, 2021

 

Leo - During the late 1950s when Dad was Assistant Superintendent at North LaCrosse, WI, we occasionally rode the Twin Cities Zephyr on weekend trips either north to St. Paul, MN, or south to Chicago.  I remember the train as luxurious and very FAST on the run into and out of Chicago.  If the train was running late, it was not unusual for it to run at or slightly in excess of 100 mph to arrive on time at the next station stop.

 

At those times, Dad would be watching the mile posts fly by outside the Vista Dome window and timing the seconds between them on his railroad pocket watch.  When the train hit a hundred miles-an-hour, he'd smile broadly and tap my brother Ken and I on the shoulder to let us know how FAST we were moving - Louis

 

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL

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