Re: [CBQ] Red Oak & Griswold

["Rupert Gamlen" <gamlenz@hotmail.com>]

My thanks to all who responded to my request. Hol Has pinned down the date to between November 1966 and June 1967, so I’ll search the newspapers for an “end of the line” date.

Would anyone have a timetable for the very beginning of 1880 prior to the one dating from April 25, 1880 which is available in the on-line BRHS Archives?

Thanks again for your assistance.

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

 

From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> On Behalf Of HOL WAGNER
Sent: Saturday, 1 October 2022 4:23 am
To: CBQ@groups.io
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Red Oak & Griswold

 

Rupert:

 

The November 1966-April 1967 public timetable is the last one with the full page of Branch Line Train Service - See Agent for Details listings.  The next timetable is dated June 1, 1967, and all the branch line service is gone.  This coincides with the discontinuance of railway mail service nationwide, but of course by this time none of the branch line trains were still carrying mail.

 

Hol

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From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> on behalf of William Hirt <whirt@fastmail.com>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2022 8:16 AM
To: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io>
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Red Oak & Griswold

 

Rupert,

To add to what others have written, the May-October 1958 public timetable shows mixed train service Monday-Friday. Service left Red Oak at 11:45 am and arrived 1:30 pm at Griswold. Return service was leaving Griswold at 2:05 pm and arrived Red Oak at 3:35 pm.

The next public timetable I have is November 1959-April 1960. The actual train schedule is gone, but the timetable says Mixed Train Service - Consult Agent for Details for the Red Oak-Griswold line.

In the public timetable for May-October 1961, it now states Branch Line Train Service - Consult Agent for Details.

The last public timetable I have that shows this service is May-October 1966.

I have some Official Guides stored away. I'll try to get them out this weekend and see if they add anymore detail.

Bill Hirt

On 9/28/2022 4:04 PM, Rupert Gamlen wrote:

I am trying to establish when passenger service on the line from Red Oak to Griswold in western Iowa stopped operating. An ETT for April 1954 shows that the track is classified as a spur track within yard limits with no trains shown. However, a local newspaper was showing a daily except Sunday service at least until August 1954.

Does anyone have a passenger timetable covering the period between these dates and/or for the period after it to help identify the end of passenger service.

Thanks

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

 

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