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1. [CBQ] One good deed deserves another (score: 1)
Author: "apo09324" <apo09324@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:58:55 -0600
The nice thing about my job is that sometimes the CB&Q isn't a thing of the past. This past week, it was a thing of the future. I was working on an original abstract that is so far back, railroads we
/archives/BRHSLIST/2006-12/msg00046.html (9,401 bytes)

2. [CBQ] Re: Burlington & Ottumwa (IA) Yards (score: 1)
Author: "apo09324" <apo09324@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:50:03 -0600
I have a BJ employee invited to supper this week. I'll find out. Ken Vandevoort worker over will Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/ <*>
/archives/BRHSLIST/2006-12/msg00108.html (10,949 bytes)

3. [CBQ] Re: Burlington & Ottumwa (IA) Yards (score: 1)
Author: "apo09324" <apo09324@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:02:33 -0600
They also have the former BN industrial spur near West Burlington that serves Champion Sparkplugs. That is where the 44 tonner is. It only gets a car 3 or 4 times a year. Ken Vandevoort Yahoo! Groups
/archives/BRHSLIST/2006-12/msg00122.html (10,508 bytes)

4. [CBQ] Re: Burlington & Ottumwa (IA) Yards (score: 1)
Author: "apo09324" <apo09324@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:16:51 -0600
Hi Dave - Yes, it was there for awhile, then it went to the west side of Burlington spur. I think it also has a traction motor out. The rest are enough for one car. Ken Pleasant on that only Yahoo! G
/archives/BRHSLIST/2006-12/msg00126.html (11,294 bytes)

5. [CBQ] Re: Burlington & Ottumwa (IA) Yards (score: 1)
Author: "apo09324" <apo09324@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:26:04 -0600
This is what I learned at supper tonight from my BJ connection. They are not switching the Burlington yard or the Ottumwa yard. They will be switching the industrial trackage in Ottumwa which is basi
/archives/BRHSLIST/2006-12/msg00138.html (11,463 bytes)

6. [CBQ] Denver Snow (score: 1)
Author: "apo09324" <apo09324@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:27:52 -0600
Amtrak #6 just went through Danville at 10:22 p.m. At least there is still one way to get out of Denver. Ken Vandevoort Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.ya
/archives/BRHSLIST/2006-12/msg00139.html (9,057 bytes)

7. [CBQ] Re: Galesburg-Monmouth, Quincy Line (score: 1)
Author: "apo09324" <apo09324@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 23:11:59 -0600
After reading this post, I double checked and found that telegraph poles have also been removed west of the Mississippi. I am so used to seeing them, I didn't miss them. We have had new ties dumped a
/archives/BRHSLIST/2006-11/msg00047.html (11,070 bytes)

8. [CBQ] Power poles moved from Middletown to Danville (score: 1)
Author: "apo09324" <apo09324@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 07:23:59 -0600
Alliant Energy crews recently finished installing new power poles on the south side of old Highway 34 between Middletown and Danville, Iowa. They are removing the wires on the north side of the highw
/archives/BRHSLIST/2006-09/msg00011.html (9,019 bytes)

9. [CBQ] New addition at Montrose on K Line (score: 1)
Author: "apo09324" <apo09324@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:52:53 -0600
It isn't Rochelle, but Montrose now has an elevated deck right by the track for river and rail watchers. The switch for the passing track is right by this little park. It would be nice if every town
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-08/msg00016.html (9,145 bytes)

10. [CBQ] Re: Q Horns (score: 1)
Author: "apo09324" <apo09324@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 21:32:15 -0600
There is a retired boilermaker who lives a block from me and used to work at West Burlington Shops. He once told me that they would sometimes make their own horns. Hard telling what they would sound
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-05/msg00120.html (9,596 bytes)

11. [CBQ] Re: Sights to See Between Burlington and Creston, IA ?? (score: 1)
Author: "apo09324" <apo09324@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:49:02 -0600
Don't forget the original Union Station which is now at 4th & Elm in Burlington. Ken Vandevoort On Q- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-04/msg00031.html (10,955 bytes)

12. [CBQ] Re: Gold on the Q (score: 1)
Author: "apo09324" <apo09324@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 20:31:31 -0600
I don't know if it is still in print, but Custer's Gold by Donald Jackson and published by the University of Nebraska Press also covers this expedition. Ken Vandevoort expedition into thru the determ
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-01/msg00037.html (10,708 bytes)

13. [CBQ] Re: Runaway (score: 1)
Author: "apo09324" <apo09324@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:44:28 -0600
Now I am going to be thinking "wunaway" every morning and afternoon as I drive over the Spring Street bridge. Ken Vandevoort Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://grou
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-01/msg00074.html (9,653 bytes)

14. [CBQ] Re: Runaway- more clues (score: 1)
Author: "apo09324" <apo09324@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:06:38 -0600
Happiness is knowing the BJRY switcher is parked on the industrial spur and no flatcars will be flying across Mt. Pleasant Street. Maybe I need a safer route to work. Ken Vandevoort 70's there was a
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-01/msg00086.html (11,543 bytes)

15. [CBQ] Re: Odd RR Car (score: 1)
Author: "apo09324" <apo09324@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:34:05 -0600
I saw the car in Independence, Iowa last week, but I didn't know what it was until I read this thread. A lot of these are close to Omaha. I am guessing it is because B-29's were built in what is now
/archives/BRHSLIST/2008-10/msg00035.html (9,807 bytes)

16. [CBQ] +Re: West Burlington Shop (score: 1)
Author: "apo09324" <apo09324@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:35:51 -0600
You can find an aerial view by going to the Des Moines County Iowa official website and selecting GIS. Ken Vandevoort -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.y
/archives/BRHSLIST/2009-04/msg00073.html (10,616 bytes)

17. [CBQ] Re: Air Brake Diagram Plates (score: 1)
Author: "apo09324" <apo09324@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:16:08 -0600
Going back further than the foundry at the east end of the Shops grounds, and further back than the empty factory downtown, I found that Murray once owned one of the lots that became the current depo
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-12/msg00013.html (12,264 bytes)

18. [CBQ] Re: FW: Morse Code: A Lost Language (score: 1)
Author: "apo09324" <apo09324@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:52:25 -0600
Was the machine an Instructograph? I borrowed one from a local ham when I was learning code for my novice license in 1964. The beauty of the machine was you could use paper tapes for whatever type of
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-12/msg00187.html (36,653 bytes)

19. [CBQ] Re: waycars (score: 1)
Author: "apo09324" <apo09324@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:55:01 -0600
There was one for years in someone's backyard in Harvey, Iowa. It is now gone. Ken Vandevoort -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/ <*>
/archives/BRHSLIST/2011-10/msg00007.html (10,432 bytes)

20. [CBQ] Re: Railroad Fact (score: 1)
Author: "apo09324" <apo09324@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 19:34:02 -0600
Crane's Pond in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, now a city park. There is another lake north of New London, Iowa now owned by a country club, but I don't know the name. Ken Vandevoort -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*
/archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00115.html (12,931 bytes)

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