Here's a question for those with really long memories: I understand that the C.B.& Q. acquired the B&MoR RR in NEB in 1882, but did the latter operate as a nominally separate company for a while? If
Robb The proprietary lines were financially absorbed into the CB&Q structure by 1900, and the renumbering of subsidiary cars into the CB&Q numbering system started at this time, with most of the cars
Thanks for the information. A further question for anyone who can answer: what was the reason for owning the subsidiary lines for 20-odd years but operating them under a separate name? Up until 1900-
Some like the H&ST.JO were bought, others like the B&MR were created to build in new territory so that if there was any trouble with the new road (ie:bankruptcy) it would not drive the parent road in
Hello, If it was anything like it was with the F.C.N.G.Ry., it was to get to the coal fields before any other railroad did. Thanks again, Robb [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --
Was the F.C.N. and G. Related to or a subsidiary of the Fiddletown and Copperopolis Railroad A prize of little or no value to those who know what the F& C was and where to located information on that
Hi, No, it was a narrow gauge railway in Fulton County Illinois. It ran from the Illionis River across from Havana Ilinois to Galesburg. The "Q" took over owenership in 1904-05 and then widen it to s
VerlinA cartoon railraod.... best to find the collected works in an out-of-print book of the same name. Charlie Vlk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --~-