The Illinois Railway Museum will host former Railway Post Office Clerks at the annual RPO Days this Saturday and Sunday (June 7 and 8). Catches on the fly will be demonstrated with many by the former
I received my Burlington Bulletin No 50 today (April 10) in Batavia, Illinois. It looks great! My thanks to John Schultz for putting together this issue. Jon Habegger __._,_.___ Posted by: jon_habegg
I have been trying to post a file of the schedule for the Chicago, Savanna & Minneapolis RPO dated June 30, 1967, but Yahoo has not been cooperating. The Chicago, Savanna & Minneapolis RPO is shown t
Yahoo finally allowed me to upload a pdf of the Chicago, Savanna & Minneapolis RPO schedule to the the group. This should be the last Chicago, Savanna & Minneapolis RPO schedule issued since the RPO
Please excuse the cross posting of this notice. This Saturday and Sunday (June 10 and 11) is RPO Days at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. We will be running the RPO in the Coach train
Thank you Leo for a great talk this evening (March 23rd) at Waubonsee's downtown Aurora campus. My wife, our neighbor, and I enjoyed the evening. Our neighbor enjoyed hearing about Aurora back in the
[Attachment(s) from Jon Habegger included below] Found the Ashland to Prauge line in a couple of timetables. Omaha #7 from February 1, 1953 has it as the Ashland and Prague - Subdivision. Lincoln #5
I have provided a pdf of the October 31, 1920 CB&Q Chicago and Aurora Division employee timetable on this website. http://wx4.org/to/foam/maps/and_timetables5.html In addition, there are multiple oth
Today, Ed Gibson added six employee timetables dated April 26, 1964 in addition to the public system timetable effective at the same time to my page on his website,. The employees are for the Allianc
I provided Ed with more CB&Q employee timetables to add to the page of my pdfs. One of the timetables added is a 1953 Ottumwa-Creston Division. http://wx4.org/to/foam/maps/and_timetables5.html My tha
This past week Ed Gibson has created a new page on his website featuring scans of various railroads using employee timetables scanned from my collection. There are a number of CB&Q employee timetable
Photos from IRM of the Nebraska Zephyr on August 11, 2019 plus Silver Ridge 10-6 Budd sleeper - photos by Jon Habegger _._,_._,_ Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Rep
Silver Ridge is in the line with the "Silver" cars - streamlined passenger cars. These include the RDC, the Silver Ridge, UP's Pacific Peak, ACL's Birmingham, and NP's Loch Sloy. I thought that I wou
On my pdf timetable page of Ed Gibson's site, I have a number of RMS schedules that show CB&Q RPO and CP (closed pouch) runs. https://wx4.org/to/foam/maps/and_timetables5.html In particular look at R
Folks I know from the Illinois Railway Museum called me today asking if I knew about gold colored flatware that have the square Burlington logo on the back handles. They acquired a fork and spoon. Th
Here is a photo of the flatware. Jon Habegger _._,_._,_ Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#58651) | Reply To Group Mute This Topic Your Subscription | C
Scott, Thanks for the answer about the flatware. I have passed your answer to the two individuals who asked about the pieces. Jon _._,_._,_ Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this grou