And in the Q era the Amoco refinery at Casper was a property of Standard Oil. Hol From: normmetcalf@yahoo.com To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 06:53:55 -0700 Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Oil o
And, in fact, baggage cars "Argo" and "Olympus" were purchased specifically for Nebraska Zephyr service. But the train itself was rarely amplified, as it had been in Twin Zephyr service. Hol To: CBQ@
Bill: Here's a scan of the photo that should allow you to read all the lettering to the right of the herald. I was able to read all of it in viewing the scan at 100%; if you aren't able to, contact m
Chuck: Because it was used in the pair's pageant to represent Union Pacific No. 119 at the joining of the rails of the first transcontinental railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869. And
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Anyone know more about this? -- Original Message -- Subject: [SoDakRailFans] The Texas Zephyr Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 00:42:24 -0500 From: David Voeltz <dvoeltz@pie.midco.net> Reply-To: SoDakRailFans@
[Attachment(s) from HOL WAGNER included below] When I came to Denver in 1949 we lived for a time in a downtown hotel on 17th Street, and one of my strongest memories is of the illuminated and animate
Feel free. Hol To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From: dieselpop1@msn.com Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:13:40 -0700 Subject: [CBQ] RE: Denver Zephyr Sign May I steal your picture and post it on pinecam.com? W. D.
You're right; the view looks north up Broadway from Colfax, and another member of the group has pointed out to me that upon close examination the streetcar tracks can still be seen in Broadway. So si
Re: Denver Zephyr Sign petehedgpeth Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:41 pm (PDT) . Posted by: Bill: I have a slide or two (from a friend) of an introductory CZ run at Galesburg behind E5s in early 1949, but nothin
Silver Castle was converted to the same interior arrangement as Silver Dome because the Q needed a pair of cars for all the runs on which it desired to use dome coaches and thus it needed another car
Duncan: They were equipped gradually over the period 1953-57 and thereafter were so equipped. Hol To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From: d.cameron@sympatico.ca Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 12:43:10 -0400 Subject: [C
I have nothing to confirm it, but they were likely stenciled FLOUR LOADING ONLY. Earlier, the the days when flour was shipped in boxcars, there was a rather extensive stencil used on these "clean" bo
Bob: Just to clarify: Whoever responded with this information misspelled Decelostat, which is a trade named based on the word 'decelerate' and has nothing to do with decals. Hol To: CBQ@yahoogroups.c
[Attachment(s) from HOL WAGNER included below] Here's some shots of the Hardin area from a couple of years ago. Hol To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From: wyhog@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 16:09:00 +0000
The original Joint Operating Agreement with the Santa Fe took effect on August 1, 1899 and thereafter there was only local service on the C&S "Old Line." But it was abandoned in segments, with servic
I grew up quite near the line in South Denver, too, and for a number of years spent my summer weekdays watching and riding the line with a crew that was very kind to a young boy interested in trains.
Except that the railroad was built by former Gov. John Evans as the Denver & New Orleans, then reorganized in 1886 as the Denver, Texas & Gulf, becoming part of the Pan-Handle Road that included the
DT&FW was the link between Pueblo and the New Mexico-Texas line, using D&RG trackage rights between Pueblo and Walsenburg. Hol To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From: sjl_prodigynet@yahoo.com Date: Wed, 10 Jul