Railroad Memoribilia

[cnwfan51]

Just for the sake of conversation What is your most valued piece or pieces of Railroad Memoribila For me its a letter from Ed Bailey  Then President of the Union Pacific when he anserwed a letter I sent to him asking about the Union Pacifics steam program it is dated March 13th 1970 I was 13 years old at the time  It is framed and on my wall   Larry

[Anonymous]

My most prized possession is a pair of crossbucks I rescued from a ditch in Allison, Iowa along the former CGW main.  The UP had finally scrapped that segment, and the scrappers removed the wood post, but since the bolt & nut that held the crossbucks together was so rusted together they just tossed them into the ditch after cutting them free from the 4 x 4.  Apparently the wood was worth more to them than the sign.  The guy at the elevator there said I was welcome to them.  I took them home, used a bolt cutter to remove the old bolt, cleaned them up, mounted them on a brand new cedar post and now they stand guard over the Wisconsin & Iowa Railroad.

[drafterdude]

Easy it is my grandfather's hard hat, pocket watch, 25 year card & employee pass from the L&N.

Dale

[KCSfan]

Somewhere among my belongings I have a flimsy train order that's nearly 60 years old. It was issued at Danville to the crew of the westbound morning Illinois Terminal train (car) at Danville on the last day before service ended on the Danville - Champaign segment of the IT's east-west interurban line to Springfield by way of Decatur. I rode that car from Danville to Decatur and the conductor gave me his copy of the order which both he and the mororman had signed for me.

In about 1944 I wrote to the Illinois Central requesting a copy of their Illinois Division Employee Timetable. I received a personal reply signed by Wayne Johnston, President of the IC, but as a 12 year old kid didn't have sense enough to keep it.

Mark

[Anonymous]

My grandfather's Southern Railroad 20 year pin and his pass that allowed him to ride Southern and Seaboard passenger trains for free and a journal that he kept regarding repair work to water towers he was in charge of back in the steam era.