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I want to tell you about the conductor, Russell Sloan who took this consist out of WQuincy in 1965. But before I do let me explain why I am replying to so many postings that are weeks old. On April 8
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Am I mistaken or what? I thought the P&O was the early railroad that built the segment between Burlington and Galesburg which the CB&Q finally acquired in 1862 after lengthy court battles. Archie --
Russ, Lighten up!! Don't you realize that you yourself are a museum that we the members of this list enjoy visiting. If you hadn't saved all of those train consists, the group would have been that mu
Russ, I was working the Keokuk switch engine about this time period and probably made up the pick up for 356 on my afternoon switcher. 356 and 357 were assigned jobs that ran out of West Quincy and B
Russ, Leo is right, schedules like rules were made to be broken. If Leo says something happened on his territory, I sure wouldn't question him. I believe you owe Him an apology. Archie -- Original Me
Leo, What about Oscar Meyers? When I worked the Galesburg to Clinton job the old heads would point out the plant just after you crossed the river into Iowa. What really sticks in my mind is the huge
Hot box water cooler? Named for Joe Keely 3rd trick dispatcher out of Ottumwa? Archie -- Original Message -- From: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 5:23 PM Su
It's also possible that the MK&T was still running trains between Hannibal and Moberly because they leased that line to the Wabash in August of 1923. Archie -- Original Message -- From: rmorgan28@cha
Duncan, I happen to have a small bit of remembrance of the local that ran on the old K&W. Sometime in 1963 I believe because the student brakeman on the gravel train was Raymond Witthouse who happene
Jonathan and Pete are both correct to blame the engineer according to the evidence gathered by the ICC investigation. I have seen men who were never wrong and when questioned concerning it, were so a
List, I had some members ask me about the Cosgrove Turn that switched the Hercules chemical Plant at Louisiana, Mo so I downloaded a map of the plant in the photo section in the Train Register folder
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Eric, While reorganizing my basement{another expression for wife telling me to get rid of some of the junk} I came across 10 brand new never used Train Register books with about 50 pages per book. Wh
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List, As I examined this photo my attention was drawn to the building directly behind the Louisiana depot and the letters "FR" can be seen on the gable end of it. I know this was the freight house an