Rick, I remember my late friend Steve Sparling telling me stories of working for the Passenger Services Department for the CB&Q in Chicago and later at the Burlington reservation bureau in Denver. He
It was expensive to haul cars accross that UP bridge between Council Bluffs & Omaha. If the Counci Bluffs station had steam for heating the cars they may have been cut off and not hauled to Omaha. On
Please forgive me, I thought the original post addressed this in a round about way. Not having grown up during the hay days of passenger travel, and only traveled a couple of times on Amtrak, I may h
Rick, Amtrak does not, and never did, go to Council Bluffs at all. Always went via Omaha. For most of the Amtrak time Pacifuc Junction was not even connected to Council Bluffs. While the 2000 area th
In 1949 with the introduction of the California Zephyr. the CZ's Pullmans 10-6 and 16 Sections were the first streamlined Pullmans that could be used in various trains. As the 1936 DZ equipment wasn'
Russ, sorry, wasn't trying to tie Amtrak into Omaha/Council Bluffs and AkSarBen Zephyr discussion other than its my only American experience with riding the rails. I've only had experience on Amtrak
Amtrak did indeed go through Council Bluffs until the 1980's, when the CB-Pacific Junction line was taken out of service. Amtrak never stopped there, though. In 1980 and 1981, I rode San Francisco
I think most of the Chicago-Omaha trains operated via Council Bluffs. If I remember correctly from timetables -- which I probably do not -- the CZ operated both directions down the west bank but th
Trains operated often WB through CB - due to mail & express transfer. Multiple sections of the DZ would go on different routes, depending on the trains involved - though, mostly - multiple sections o
I can confirm that as well. While I worked at the Omaha Amtrak trailer station in the shadow of the grand Burlington Station, I jumped on Amtrak train #6 after we loaded the mail to dead head to Chic
Trains operated often WB through CB - due to mail & express routes, sections Bluffs. Gentlemen: A good way to put to rest some of your wonderings is to check the employee time tables published betwee
Back in high school, I made a couple of trips from Omaha to Red Oak on the Aksarben Zephyr, and Omaha to Creston on the Nebraska Zephyr for a quick turn around and opportunity to ride the California
The west bank line may have been a freight line, but boy did the DZ highball down it when I rode the train between 1965 and 1968 (I had made many earlier trips on the DZ starting in 1949, but did not
Hubert, How about the Ottumwa and Creston Divisions and the Omaha Division. This covers November 15, 1942. Omaha Via UP 7.00 AM Stop Omaha Via Platts 7.10 AM Stop Omaha Via UP 8.00 AM Stop Omaha Via
Russ, Thank you for the detailed information. Would have been great to see the amount of movements during WWII through the area. Hubert [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Ya