John, Our local produce house found a special surprise travelor in a bunch of bananas. A 6 foot boa! Archie -- Yahoo Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/gr
Ray, If it the same Barriger that I recall, he was president of the Monon among other positions of high rank on other roads. He left most of his papers to the Merchantile Library in St Louis and they
OK, I went through the photos, and they are the same ones I enjoyed going through over 25 years ago. I found the K Line shots under item Ray, If it the same Barriger that I recall, he was president o
List Jan was correct on most of the KLine shots. Here is my take : is West Alton #166 is Ft Bellfountaine bridge #168 is Prospect Hill cement plant just north of Baden #149 is Quincy area and 150 & 1
Ken and all, One aspect of the various photos was that many were shot in succession as a rule on which ever trip Mr Barringer was on. Not always but many times and as the K Line shots show some were
Hol and or group, Image # 243 is a mystery location with several clues. There is a two stall engine house with a water tank and stock yards . Also a small yard with at least 4 tracks and most notably
Chris, #208 is Edgemont. and the image is reversed. A good way to study these pictures in their largest version is to select the image you want to study by clicking on it. When the image comes up you
WE MUST REMEMBER SOME OF THESE PICTURES ARE 80 YEARS AGO. -- Yahoo Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email
Jan, Image # 167 is the siding at Fort Bellefontaine. On the other side of the cross over is the lead down into the quarry where we pulled rock for the Prospect Hill cement plant. Archie -- Yahoo Gro
Hank, The link to the Barringer Library site came from the post of jeralbin@aol.com on Feb 16 -- Yahoo Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/ <*> Y
Jan And Bob, Just a note of correction to image 164 which is Machens but looking north not south. I got turned around because of the reverse neg. Archie -- Yahoo Groups Links <*> To visit your group
Bill, Yes that is the same tower as the picture link you mentioned in Wisconsin. -- Yahoo Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/ <*> Your email set
CHRIS, # 387 HAS THAT SAME HILLSIDE SIGN BUT THE MOST INTERESTING ASPECT OF THE IMAGE WAS THE BURLINGTON ROUTE STENCILED STEP STOOL THEY ARE USING. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT SPECIFIC STENCIL BUT THE ONE
Rather than post it to the spreadsheet, I'm going to ask about this one because I'm not at all sure about it: Could #385 be Bonneville, Wyoming? By the 1930s the Ogle steel coaling station there had
Hol, Study 384 as it appears to have a depot and several side tracks, maybe the order of the two images offers a clue. In #398 there is a MP 335 on the bridge and you can see the rock sign on the hil
After considerable work on the image (see attached), I believe photo 112 shows Q office car 99 on the rear of a Chicago-Twin Cities train in the early 1930s. Anybody got an idea where this might be
List, Found this nice tribute from a retiring clerk of the CB&Q that speaks volumes about the culture we were exposed to when we hired out on the CB&QRR. Enjoy, Archie <*> View Attachments on Web htt
Dave, She retired in November of 2003. I found this in a stack of my Chicago Region Newsletters that I had saved. -- Yahoo Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.
Pete, In the same vein, a railroader was not officially accepted to the work force until he had earned a nick name from his peers. One of my favorites on the K Line was Baby Maker Bramblett who you g