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381. [CBQ] Photo needed-Special train between Aurora and Chicago (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:17:21 -0500 (EST)
Thanks for the information Ken. I believe this job was referred to as the "shop train". There's a couple files on it in the UTU papers. If we can't come up with a photo of the all baggage train maybe
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-11/msg00206.html (12,105 bytes)

382. [CBQ] Photo needed -Special service between Aurora and Chicago (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:36:41 -0500 (EST)
I don't want to give away the special service as that would make the article anti climatic. But no it didnt involve the wheel car which moved on the rear end of the night dinkies. This job also p/U a
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-11/msg00215.html (10,323 bytes)

383. [CBQ] Restaurant in Burlington (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:37:50 -0500 (EST)
I am heading to Burlington,IA in the near future to,of all things,inspect railcars. I haven't been to Burlington in about 35 years. In the past there's a dinning establishment that's been discussed o
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-11/msg00224.html (9,819 bytes)

384. [CBQ] Mt Morris Track Plan (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:55:11 -0500 (EST)
Jerry thanks a bunch for the details on tracks and Kable as I didnt work Oregon-Mt Morris job until early 70s when most of what you described was idle or gone.You filled in some blanks for me about a
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-11/msg00277.html (11,746 bytes)

385. [CBQ] Westmont (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:22:48 -0500 (EST)
Express,mail,newspapers and baggage were handled by a few specific suburban trains each day. Certain stations,Berwyn for example, had stub sidings to set out cars of express. At most stations it was
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-11/msg00286.html (11,099 bytes)

386. [CBQ] empty cars (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 15:40:42 EDT
I'll try and provide some of the answers on mty cars you are asking . Keep in mind that this applies only to "free runners" not cars assigned to pools, in dedicated service or private marked cars. di
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-10/msg00038.html (13,153 bytes)

387. [CBQ] Grain Rush (was empty cars) (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 18:08:44 EDT
Gerald, Not a bad idea. I'm trying to learn more about what happened once the grain arrived at the "grain inspection tracks" at the various major terminals. This where a large majority of the grain w
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-10/msg00092.html (10,012 bytes)

388. [CBQ] Motor Car Article (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:14:46 EDT
Working on a future Zephyr article about motor cars set in late 20s-early 30s from the UTU files. Does anyone know when the motor cars received the high visibility red and yellow paint jobs ? Also lo
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-10/msg00146.html (9,568 bytes)

389. [CBQ] East End Job (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 23:09:24 EDT
Larry, On the Q there was not an east end job. There was a job affectionately called the east end wayfreight. It ran from Eola to Congress Park and return. Back in the day of coal yards and Kroehlers
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-09/msg00003.html (10,434 bytes)

390. [CBQ] BRHS Vitality-There are some postives (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:53:03 EDT
I had hoped to make the annual meet but last minute family obligations again prevented me from attending. So I'll make my statements in this forum. Has anyone noticed the efforts of Dave Lotz,Steve H
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-09/msg00046.html (10,118 bytes)

391. Re: [CBQ] Zephyr #59 and Downers Grove (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:23:49 EDT
BRHS Burlington Bulletin #1 has photos of diesels at Downers Grove yard and some very interesting other combinations of locos/new and old cars. Leo Phillipp [Non-text portions of this message have be
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-09/msg00058.html (9,513 bytes)

392. [CBQ] Zephyr 59 and Downers Grove/steam on the dinkies to Aurora (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:46:13 EDT
This discussion brought up an old memory. Don Hansen and another engineer(whos name escapes me at the moment)both told me that the last steam engines on the dinkies to Aurora were based/maintained at
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-09/msg00063.html (10,162 bytes)

393. [CBQ] Sheridan,Ladd,La Salle,IL etc (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:22:16 EDT
I was at an estate auction in Sheridan,Illinois this past Saturday. Besides the Q items(Calendars,ETTs,switch keys,etc) what was really interesting were the old postcards. There hundreds of them,the
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-09/msg00144.html (10,438 bytes)

394. [CBQ] Railroad History (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 20:33:19 EDT
There was a "camp" at Savanna,IL. It was at the west end of the Q yard on the North side and just east of the Milw xing. Bob "Gabby" Watson pointed it out to me one summer night after we caught the w
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-08/msg00007.html (11,083 bytes)

395. [CBQ] Geneva Branch-Annual Meet (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:06:18 EDT
I was doing research on an upcoming article,looking for info on So Aurora,IL when I stumbled on an 1895 Q ETT in my collection. Found some things that will be of interest for the annual meet at Genev
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-08/msg00172.html (10,830 bytes)

396. [CBQ] Oswego,IL on the Mainlie of the Q-vanished station (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:18:59 EDT
Just as FYI to those that may be interested. Back in March I posted a message asking about a station on the mainline that served Oswego,IL until the O.O. & F.V. RR was built directly through Oswego(S
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-08/msg00173.html (10,468 bytes)

397. [CBQ] Geneva Branch-Annual Meet (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:58:48 EDT
Charlie, You are probably correct. There was a small yard on the South side of the CNW mainline near their Geneva Depot when I was young so possibly this was where the Q branch once ended. Leo Philli
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-08/msg00184.html (9,964 bytes)

398. [CBQ] Burlington park 100 years ago (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:01:51 EDT
Some years ago the industrial spur along the south side of the mains at Naperville continued westward past the current Ozinga concrete plant and the old Standard Oil bulk plant.Then turned southward
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-08/msg00251.html (10,450 bytes)

399. [CBQ] Burlington Park 100 years (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:06:04 EDT
The 1895 ETT #196 special instruction does reference "stone extras" to and from Naperville. Any trains going to the park were probably extras and therefore not listed in the timecard. Leo Phillipp [N
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-08/msg00260.html (9,764 bytes)

400. [CBQ] West Eola Tower (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:13:03 EDT
Just thinking out loud on this one. Or was the west Eola Tower relocation part of the elevation project ? The mains had been relocated. Eola yard was new at this time having been built to replace the
/archives/BRHSLIST/2010-08/msg00270.html (9,490 bytes)


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