Author: "domelinerdude via Groups.Io" <domelinerdude=yahoo.com@groups.io>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 19:18:30 -0700
I have a souvenir silver Burlington Route ticket for then exposition runs using equipment from the Kansas City Zephyr and American Royal Zephyr, issued for Kansas City to East Leavenworth and return,
Author: "Louis Zadnichek via Groups.Io" <LZadnichek=aol.com@groups.io>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 13:26:35 -0400
July 20, 2018 Hubert - Thanks for positively ID'ing the image of the Zephyr train paused at East Leavenworth, MO. And I'll now go along with Pete's comments about the man in the hat and coat standing
Author: "domelinerdude via Groups.Io" <domelinerdude=yahoo.com@groups.io>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 15:16:14 -0700
Louis, That is great to hear about your dad being the Burlington St. Joe Trainmaster! I bet he is in the excursion photo referenced. The rare and interesting railroad events and operations he must ha
Louis, There was a wye at East Leavenworth. It was 90 lb rail with cinder ballast. So it would have been possible have the locomotives run around the train for the return move to Kansas City. The Q s
Author: "domelinerdude via Groups.Io" <domelinerdude=yahoo.com@groups.io>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 10:38:18 -0700
Here is an update regarding the photograph of Kansas City Zephyr American Royal Zephyr excursion train returning to Kansas City Union Station in January of 1953 with a correction from my earlier post
Author: "domelinerdude via Groups.Io" <domelinerdude=yahoo.com@groups.io>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 15:36:38 -0700
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Author: "Louis Zadnichek via Groups.Io" <LZadnichek=aol.com@groups.io>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 15:34:49 -0400
July 22, 2018 Bill - Thanks for advising that the motors ran-around the exhibition Zephyr consist at East Leavenworth and then pulled it backwards to Kansas City. Best Regards - Louis In a message da
Author: "Louis Zadnichek via Groups.Io" <LZadnichek=aol.com@groups.io>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 16:31:09 -0400
July 22, 2018 Hubert - My dad M.L. Zadnichek was train master at St. Joe from May 1953 to January 1956 when promoted to assistant superintendent at Omaha. Dad was there when the St. Joe Division was
Louis: Your story about the firebox brings one to mind. I grew up in Naperville a block and a half from the triple track mainline. A spur that Leo Phillipp pointed out to me was originally for limest
Author: "Louis Zadnichek via Groups.Io" <LZadnichek=aol.com@groups.io>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:49:43 -0400
July 23, 2018 Doug - Thanks for sharing your "firebox memory." Question, what approximate year would this have occurred? I have some images of Class R-5's switching at Naperville taken over a number
Thank you. It would have been anywhere from 1945 to 1947 (using my age). The Prairie was replaced by an O-1A but I can’t date that very well. Even though young, my dad (who worked for the PFE i
Author: "Louis Zadnichek via Groups.Io" <LZadnichek=aol.com@groups.io>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 15:02:42 -0400
July 23, 2018 Doug - In checking my digital image archive, unfortunately, I do not have any images of Class R-5-A's switching Naperville. R-4's yes, R-5-A's no. The closest I have is one of Class R-5
Author: "Leo Phillipp via Groups.Io" <qutlx1=aol.com@groups.io>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 14:30:57 -0500
Louis, As FYI, It was in 1947 or so that the "east end wayfreight" between Eola and Cicero with two turns and a layover at Cicero became a single crew job that operated out of Eola to Congress Park a
Author: "domelinerdude via Groups.Io" <domelinerdude=yahoo.com@groups.io>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 20:32:53 -0700
Louis and others, Thank you for sharing these great memories and stories. Hubert _._,_._,_ Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#55669) | Reply To Group Mu