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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Holy Grail CB&Q Flexi-Van Black Hawk Photo
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I have the book. The photo is on page 43. The second Flexi-Van is NYC. 
It is shorter in height than the Burlington one on head end of the flat car.

Bill Hirt

On 11/7/2021 8:29 AM, Tom Mack via groups.io wrote:
> Every so often you find one of those "Holy Grail" photos. I just found 
> one in the new Morning Sun book on Chicago Intercity Trains (I was at 
> a train show). According to the caption in the book it is the 
> Chicago-bound Black Hawk approaching St. Paul Union Depot (SPUD) in 
> August 1969. You can barely make out the GN roundhouse behind the 
> curve. It has a single E9A and right behind it is a CB&Q Flexi-Van 
> flat with two side door Flexi-Vans. The first is clearly Burlington, 
> but I think the second one is either MILW or NYC since it does not 
> have the full BURLINGTON side board. Behind the Flexi-Van was a couple 
> of Havelock baggage cars, then two smooth side silver passenger cars, 
> then another car I can't make out..
>
> Tom Mack
> Cincinnati, OH 


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