QUOTE: Originally posted by Don Gibson What I remember Rt 66 looking like (in the west) was the 'mythical' town of Daneville in Pelle Soebborg's layout in recent MODEL RAILROADER. Wide open spaces, but with older cars, greyhound busses, and NO KFC stand's. Speed limit's were typically 60 MPH, with 30 MPH in town's. Chicago to Springfields MO was mostly farmland's with red or white barn's. Rt 66 was the major SW route from 1930 until I-4O (?) replaced it. http://www.roadtripusa.com/route_66/
QUOTE: Originally posted by MisterBeasley Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino?
QUOTE: Originally posted by capt_turk I grew up in Bristow Okla. Santa Fe parrelled 66, generally within a block or two of the hwy for most of the way from Tulsa to Oklahoma City. There are many small towns between the two Cities, and the railroad usually ran right through the middle of town. In Bristow, the railroad ran one block off Main St. with the train station in the middle of town. The station is a museum now. Brick construction with the platform made of brick also. It was a passenger stop until the early 60's. Some of the small towns, such as Bristow, had a siding that parrelled the main track where it passed the station. The track parrelled Main St. to the south end of town where it crossed Main St. to continue parrelleling 66. There is a site for Route 66 that will give you alot of info and pictures from the 40's through the 60's.
QUOTE: Originally posted by SSW9389 Flagstaff, Arizona, Don't forget Winona! (It's called Darling n the railroad.) Former Winona resident
QUOTE: Originally posted by ebriley Well, since Route 66 "winds from Chicago to L.A., more than two thousand miles all the way....." to quote the old song, that's a loaded question. Literally dozens of railroads used to inhabit the Windy City, and certainly ATSF, SP, UP and probably others operated in Southern California in the days of Route 66. "You go through St. Louie, Joplin, Missouri and Oklahoma City looks mighty pretty" Now we're looking at Missouri Pacific, The Katy, Rock Island.....whew! What part of the "more than two thousand miles all the way" did you have in mind?
QUOTE: Originally posted by tjsmrinfo hey coyoye your not to far from about 50 miles i live in sherman on the old frisco madill sub now bnsf madill sub tom
QUOTE: Originally posted by davekelly coyote, Where in Texas? I live in Lubbock, but get to Amarillo quite regularly.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Don Gibson Rt 66 was the major SW route from 1930 until I-4O (?) replaced it.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by twhite As far as the Texas portion of route 66, the Santa Fe (Panhandle and Santa Fe) paralleled the highway around Amarillo, but only for a few miles (it veered off and paralleled route 60 into Oklahoma). Of the Santa Fe streamliners, only the San Francisco Chief ran through Amarillo on the cutoff--the rest of the Santa Fe transcons veered north at Albequerque and ran over Raton Pass. Most of old route 66 in Texas paralleled the Rock Island secondary line from Tucumcari, New Mexico. The Santa Fe paralleled Route 66 for a long way, but mostly in Arizona and New Mexico. Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!