Nelson, I will let the guys who know far more about Burlington,IA than me answer that part in particular. The Qs general pattern was to list yard classification tracks starting from the main in numer
And one last thing to really muddy the waters. If you were called to an investigation"to determine your responsibility,etc........" or to testify at a civil lawsuit in court;tracks were referenced by
Leo...I'm glad you made mention of the fact that the original track name never changed, no matter how long the original purpose for the track had been gone....and probably forgotten by all but the ol
Pete, You are absolutely correct(as usual). At Eola there's a track that is in essence a extension of yard 1 and or 2 in the west yard. It's still referred to as the "new track". It's been there for
Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 19:14:12 -0700 (PDT)
Leo...I'm glad you made mention of the fact that the original track name never changed, no matter how long the original purpose for the track had been gone....and probably forgotten by all but the o
Leo...I'm glad (again) that you mentioned that there were no "instruction books" or "lists"...back in the day...When I first hired out summer 56 the crews were made up primarily of really old heads..
List- I believe that the answer regarding the "gas company track" that went to an electric generating plant is that the plant first made gas. Coal was heated to create gas for many years and the spe