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1. [CBQ] Railroad Operations (score: 1)
Author: "cbqrr47" <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:11:16 -0600
The question about painting depots got me to thinking and I realized a lot of those on this list and the younger fellows especially don't understand how the railroads operated. Most major railroads,
/archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00024.html (11,652 bytes)

2. Re: [CBQ] Railroad Operations (score: 1)
Author: John Manion <railbass@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 21:08:08 -0700
Continuing this thread on railroad business, an excellent example is the cover article in the March 2011 Trains magazine on Civil War Rails. The Union did not contract with or request the services of
/archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00026.html (13,072 bytes)

3. RE: [CBQ] Railroad Operations (score: 1)
Author: "Dave Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@bellsouth.net>
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 23:15:04 -0500
Excellent email John! Yes, many of us younger folks are not aware of how ?self-contained? most railroads were. I do need to make a minor correction, though. The Burlington did have at least one hospi
/archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00027.html (12,684 bytes)

4. RE: [CBQ] Railroad Operations (score: 1)
Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 20:45:13 -0800 (PST)
  Excellent email John! Yes, many of us younger folks are not aware of how self-contained most railroads were. I do need to make a minor correction, though. The Burlington did have at least one hospi
/archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00028.html (13,178 bytes)

5. [CBQ] Railroad operations (score: 1)
Author: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 09:11:41 -0500 (EST)
And of a few more bullet points on how self contained the RRs were: -they owned gravel pits for fill and ballast -they owned coal operations for fuel -they operated their own landfills(of course they
/archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00033.html (10,405 bytes)

6. Re: [CBQ] Railroad operations (score: 1)
Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 06:26:25 -0800 (PST)
Good points Leo. The Q called their landfill, the Herrin Junction Gob Track. And lets don't forget the the Galesburg Tie Plant and the Aurora Concrete Plant (pre fabricated pilings, bridge decks, sig
/archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00034.html (11,360 bytes)

7. Re: [CBQ] Railroad operations (score: 1)
Author: archie hayden <kliner@mywdo.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 08:30:08 -0600
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/archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00035.html (12,158 bytes)

8. Re: [CBQ] Railroad operations (score: 1)
Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 07:56:44 -0800 (PST)
After I responded to Leo's e-mail, a few more examples came to mind. The reclamation plant at Eola is good example of how they recycled old equipment. The Q operated grain elevators at various points
/archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00037.html (11,336 bytes)

9. Re: [CBQ] Railroad operations (score: 1)
Author: Scott Walker <jscottw46@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 10:01:05 -0600
Ah, John! You took all the fun away! [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/ <*> You
/archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00038.html (11,355 bytes)

10. Re: [CBQ] Railroad operations (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 17:18:01 -0500 (EST)
John et al Does being a "retired lawyer" qualify you as a "non attorney spokesperson"???? I'm sure glad you got this thread started. It's sparked a lot of ideas and thoughts which might not have been
/archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00043.html (17,633 bytes)


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