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1. [CBQ] Railroad Fact (score: 1): Author: "cbqrr47" <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:26:07 -0600; In 1940, U S railroads used more tons of water than any other commodity. Much of it came from company owned lakes and wells. Many of the lakes remain today. -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your g; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00047.html (10,657 bytes)
2. Re: [CBQ] Railroad Fact (score: 1): Author: John Almond <almondj@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:12:35 -0700; Can you provide some examples of lakes owned by railroads? I never gave it a thought, thinking that most water came from wells they owned or rivers openly available. I can understand it as a tenderšs; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00113.html (13,346 bytes)
3. Re: [CBQ] Railroad Fact (score: 1): Author: "Mike " <mcaff1@htc.net>; Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:20:54 -0600; Lake Bracken in Galesburg was owned by the Q. Mike Cafferata [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yaho; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00114.html (11,552 bytes)
4. Re: [CBQ] Railroad Fact (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 19:02:06 -0800 (PST); Coal is about twice as heavy as water per cubic unit (remember coal is a rock that burns) and there was no general ratio of coal to water weight on steam engine's tenders. It had more to do with the; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00116.html (13,553 bytes)
5. Re: [CBQ] Railroad Fact (score: 1): Author: Kenneth Martin <kmartin537@surewest.net>; Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 22:02:03 -0800; The West Burlington Shops had three lakes north of the shops for water. I don't know the names of them but the Isaac Walton League used one for years. Ken Martin -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit y; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00120.html (11,879 bytes)
6. Re: [CBQ] Railroad Fact (score: 1): Author: Sam Cook <trains@sjcook.com>; Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:39:24 -0500; Northwest of Osceola, Iowa, is "Q POND". It is about a half-mile from the CB&Q tracks. Also south of town along the old right-of-way is "GRADE LAKE". I was wondering if they are a couple of the old c; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00121.html (12,812 bytes)
7. Re: [CBQ] Railroad Fact (score: 1): Author: ralph linroth <wcman8@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 08:54:49 -0700 (PDT); Lake Storey in Galesburg was built by the Santa Fe and named after their President. Bud Linroth. Lake Bracken in Galesburg was owned by the Q. Mike Cafferata [Non-text portions of this message have b; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00122.html (12,202 bytes)
8. Re: [CBQ] Railroad Fact (score: 1): Author: ralph linroth <wcman8@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:05:58 -0700 (PDT); The Q built Crescent Lake near Alpha, Illinois in 1906 and sold it to the Crescent Lake Club for $8000 in 1959. Bud Linroth. Lake Storey in Galesburg was built by the Santa Fe and named after their P; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00124.html (12,899 bytes)
9. Re: [CBQ] Railroad Fact (score: 1): Author: estcbq@aol.com; Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:25:54 -0400 (EDT); At the far eastern of Main St[just east of the present interstate] in Galesburg was Rice Lake which years age i was told was a Q water hole. Bud can you verify?--jim young The Q built Crescent Lake n; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00126.html (13,645 bytes)
10. Re: [CBQ] Railroad Fact (score: 1): Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com; Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:11:24 -0400 (EDT); Allright...Let's have a little Q Q&A....Who was Lake Bracken named for and what can you tell us about the namesake person. I'll wait a bit....and then tell you something about the man that no other l; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00127.html (11,720 bytes)
11. Re: [CBQ] Railroad Fact (score: 1): Author: archie hayden <kliner@mywdo.com>; Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:48:55 -0500; [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email |; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00128.html (12,307 bytes)
12. Re: [CBQ] Railroad Fact (score: 1): Author: ralph linroth <wcman8@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:27:53 -0700 (PDT); Hi Jim I just called Tom Wilson who writes articles on the history of Galesburg for the local newspaper the Galesburg Register. He could not remember who built the lake but said the Q used it for som; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00138.html (14,577 bytes)

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