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Hi Tom,
In the 1950s, probably 1953 or 1954 my father had a construction crew, a section gang, an extra gang, and a bridge gang for work on the CB&Q mainline somewhere in north LaSalle County. It consisted of about 160-200 men. Each gang had its own foreman, and the
Bridge gang was headed by another assistant superintendent, but my dad was the boss. They had a dozen bunk cars on a long siding and had to bring in potable water from Aurora and had non-potable water in a large tender painted for MOW. My brother, Tom, has
the few snapshots of my dad and some of the construction that was going on. If my brother can find them, I will ask him to send me photo files and if there are photos of the bridge gang's train or the construction gang's train, I will post them. It may take
a few months for him to find them as my brother has gotten busier since he retired.
Edward V. Carroll
Professor Emeritus of History
Heartland Community College
ed.carroll@emeritus.heartland.edu
309 287-8145
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Work Train
Tom
I don’t pretend to know just too much about work trains other than I don’t think there was a standard one. Each would have been assembled depending on the work to be done, the equipment needed for the task, number of workers required, the number of days it
was likely to take, the distance to the nearest town, plus issues such as accommodation, cooking and feeding.
There are plenty of photos of work trains in the Company Service and MoW albums in the Flickr Collection, accessible through the BRHS web site.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
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Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2024 4:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Work Train
I have an interest in putting together a Q work train also. I like modeling the transition era, so not sure exactly how many, if any, work trains were still in existence. Would be interested in work train make-up and photos.
Tom Johnson
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