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1. Re: [BRHSlist] Troop Trains on the Q (score: 1)
Author: "Steven Holding" <s.holding@c...>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 23:26:50 -0600
Rich Do not know about during the Korean War but on Sept 1, 1965 there were two moves. Main 875 with E-9 9989 and E-8 9944B with fourteen cars Main 882 moved in train No. 1 Chicago to Colo. Springs s
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00261.html (8,531 bytes)

2. Re: [BRHSlist] Troop Trains on the Q (score: 1)
Author: "Russell Strodtz" <vlbg@e...>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 07:32:29 -0600
Rich, Yes they did. Have block sheets from West Eola that show a few. Will try and hunt up a specific day and power. Russ
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00264.html (8,679 bytes)

3. Re: [BRHSlist] Troop Trains on the Q (score: 1)
Author: "Norm Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:51:37 -0500
Yes, there were Main trains during the Korean conflict. I rode a few as a "Passenger Agent." They were a conglomeration of all types of heavyweight sleeping cars and a dining car if necessary AND, be
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00265.html (9,257 bytes)

4. Re: [BRHSlist] Troop Trains on the Q (score: 1)
Author: PSHedgpeth@a...
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:08:12 EST
Summer 1956 Lincoln Division I was called as head brakeman for a troop train to Ravenna...called "waycar and work clothes"..This meant that the train crew would have no responsibility for tickets or
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00267.html (9,659 bytes)

5. Re: [BRHSlist] Troop Trains on the Q (score: 1)
Author: PSHedgpeth@a...
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:13:17 EST
Rich Per my previous post...If you want the exact date in 1956 I can provide it. Still have my timebook. Pete [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00268.html (6,640 bytes)

6. Re: [BRHSlist] Troop Trains on the Q (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 16:33:26 -0600
Since the majority of the Troop Kitchen Cars (we know where they went!) and Troop Sleepers were sold off after WWII the Main trains would not have had any special appearance other than a mish-mosh of
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00273.html (10,794 bytes)

7. Re: [BRHSlist] Troop Trains on the Q (score: 1)
Author: "Russell Strodtz" <vlbg@e...>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 17:51:02 -0600
Charlie, Was briefly assigned to Atlanta Army Depot in late '68, early '69. There were at least three full Army hospital trains stored there. Was told they had actually been moved to Florida during t
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00274.html (12,297 bytes)

8. Re: [BRHSlist] Troop Trains on the Q (score: 1)
Author: SilvrDome@a...
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 19:23:33 EST
Pete, Great story. Thanks for sharing with the rest of us. We just had an Amtrak Engineer retire here in Sacramento. He hired out with the SP in 1951 and was #1 on the Amtrak national seniority roste
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00276.html (6,851 bytes)

9. Re: [BRHSlist] Troop Trains on the Q (score: 1)
Author: "Robert Sorensen" <rksmes@e...>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 19:24:37 -0600
I entered the Army in 1953 starting in Minneapolis. We were taken by bus to Fort Sheridan, IL for induction. Then we were sent to Fort Riley, KA, for Basic Training. We rode the Electric Line from Fo
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00277.html (8,665 bytes)

10. Re: [BRHSlist] Troop Trains on the Q (score: 1)
Author: SilvrDome@a...
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 20:35:39 EST
Sounds like if you departed from Union Station, it was either the Burlington Route, or the Milwaukee Road to Kansas City. There your train would have been turned over to the Union Pacific to Ft. Rile
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00278.html (6,834 bytes)

11. Re: [BRHSlist] Troop Trains on the Q (score: 1)
Author: cy svobodny <ctsvobodny@y...>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:29:05 -0800 (PST)
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/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00283.html (13,332 bytes)

12. Re: [BRHSlist] Troop Trains on the Q (score: 1)
Author: "Jeremy Bubb" <bn9555@a...>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 12:47:17 -0600
Speaking of troop trains, how about a different time. What kind of troop trains were ran during WWII to and from Camp Ellis? Where did they usually go to? Jeremy [Non-text portions of this message ha
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00284.html (7,054 bytes)

13. Re: [BRHSlist] Troop Trains on the Q (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 13:39:44 -0600
Several are in RR museums in varying states of repair and/or restoration. None came through to preservation with original equipment intact, AFAIK. The cars were intended to be recycled after the war
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00285.html (15,258 bytes)

14. Re: [BRHSlist] Troop Trains on the Q (score: 1)
Author: Ken Martin <kmartin@c...>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 23:24:30 -0800
There is a Troop sleeper complete with the triple bunks at the "Feather River Rail Society" at Portola, CA. Ken Martin
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00302.html (7,866 bytes)

15. Re: [BRHSlist] Troop Trains on the Q (score: 1)
Author: LaVerne Andreessen <LWAndreessen@f...>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 23:59:12 -0600
Thirty years ago, I recall seeing former Army cars in use by the New Ulm MN cheese plant. The side windows had been plated over. IIRC, it was the Kraft folks who used the cars. LWA There is a Troop s
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00303.html (9,178 bytes)


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