Sorry for the cross posting but I'm throwing the net as widely as I can. I'm working on my notes on Keokuk's railway history and came up against a gap I can't fill. Who built and owned the first rail
[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 |
Archie, Bernie's book has been on my list to get for a while. I keep watching e-bay and Amazon for someone who will ship one to Canada. But thanks for the lead. In terms of the corporate history that
I have always heard the K&D be refuther to as the Keokuk and Des Moimes of the rock island hertiage and the ran parrelle to the Des Moines river and did not have to cross it to get into Keokuk Bill
Hi Duncan, the Mississippi Valley and Western Railway Company, which was a consolidation of the original Mississippi Valley and Western Railway Company and the Mississippi and Missouri River Air-Line
Bill, you're right. The bridge had to be built by one of the Q's ancestors. Thanks for pointing that out. Duncan I have always heard the K&D be refuther to as the Keokuk and Des Moimes of the rock is
Dave, that's what was making the most sense to me. It's just that I hadn't been able to find any mention anywhere of the bridge's construction and I didn't want to state as fact something that was su
Hi Dave, Did this firm build the CB&Q bridge over the Illinois River at Ottawa? Ed ________________________________________ From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [CBQ@yahoogroups.com] on behalf of Duncan Cameron
Ed, No, the construction of the line from Rochelle (starting in January 1868) to Oregon was done by the construction company named "The Ogle and Carroll County Railroad Company." Upon completion of t
The 1891 Poors indicates (for the C&I); Consolidation, June 1 1870, of the Ogle and Carroll County R.R. Co. (chartered February 15, 1857; charter amended in 1859) and the Chicago and Iowa R.R. Co. ch
I have a stock certificate for the Ogle & Carroll (one of the most unique names of all 206 CB&Q predecessors!) Stock issued of course to come up with funds to construct the line. Gerald [Non-text por