Think this Alco is switching out the REA at Stone Ave. I don't remember the date of the Fantrip. I don't think I ever did one with a Gondola think it's a late one. Illini sponsors trips also did some
Think this Alco is switching out the REA at Stone Ave. I don't remember the date of the Fantrip. I don't think I ever did one with a Gondola think it's a late one. Illini sponsors trips also did som
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Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 10:36:12 -0500
Think this Alco is switching out the REA at Stone Ave. I don't remember the date of the Fantrip. I don't think I ever did one with a Gondola think it's a late one. Illini sponsors trips also did some
Nice. What year? There looks to be a Jeep Wagoneer in the parking lot, so it would have to be at least 1962. _._,_._,_ Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online
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Author: "jpslhedgpeth via groups.io" <jpslhedgpeth=aol.com@groups.io>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:50:53 +0000 (UTC)
Some of those Alcos found a home on the old St. Joe Division. They worked Murray Yard at KC and also St. Joe yard and branch lines. Also branch lines out of Red Oak...I have a photo of one of them at
Pete: I believe those were Baldwin VO1000s on the St. Joe Division rather than Alcos -- 9350-9379 rather than 9300-9308. Hol From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> on behalf of jpslhedgpeth via groups.i
At least through the mid-1950s the VO1000s were used in Chicago area freight switching. See attached from 1948. Hol From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> on behalf of Douglas Hosler <dehosler40@gmail.c
Author: "jpslhedgpeth via groups.io" <jpslhedgpeth=aol.com@groups.io>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 17:00:07 +0000 (UTC)
thlanks Hol..you certainly are correct re Baldwin vs Alco. As the years go by I suffer more and more from the "THEY ALL LOOK ALIKE TO ME" syndrome. This "quotation" was first uttered back in the 50's
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Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:04:41 -0500
I can't honestly say that I EVER saw an Alco out this way although I may have, but it surely would have made no significant impression on me as Being out of place" Pete Pete: I believe those were Bal
Tom, The president of Illini Railroad Club was a gentleman named Maury Klebolt. He was a student at the University of Illinois after serving in the Koran War. While at U of I, he formed Illini Railro
Bill: I remember meeting Maury here in Denver in the summer of 1962 on one of the Illini club's "Journey to Yesterday" trips from Chicago to Denver and then down to Durango to ride the Silverton Trai
My first fan trip was on the 1960 Illini Colorado trip with the 5632. My 'accommodation' was Upper #10 in Car #50, which was the Chief Illini. I'd talked Niles West HS into letting me out a week earl