passengerfan wrote: Mark Close but no cigar. Sorry I did not get back to you sooner but Stockton is having its annnual Asparagus Festival. This is the 23rd annual and it may be the last. Farmers are saying they can grow corn for ethanol and make three times the money.
Mark Close but no cigar.
Sorry I did not get back to you sooner but Stockton is having its annnual Asparagus Festival. This is the 23rd annual and it may be the last. Farmers are saying they can grow corn for ethanol and make three times the money.
My memory is pretty vague on the details but didn't the Pioneer Zephyr trainset operate as the Silver Streak Zephyr on the KC - Lincoln run at one time? Perhaps before being retired its route was cut back to either KC - Omaha or Omaha - Lincoln. I'll take a WAG and say that Omaha was its maintenance base.
Mark
passengerfan wrote:Can I throw a quick question out their. What was the last regular assigned schedule operated bythe Pioneer Zephyr before going to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and where was it's regular scheduled maintenance base at that time?
Was it Kansas City to Lincoln, NE?
Railway Man wrote: Charles E Perkins, Jr.
Charles E Perkins, Jr.
Indeed. Following in his father's footsteps, Charles E. Perkins, Jr. was president of the Q from 1918-1920.
-ChrisWest Chicago, ILChristopher May Fine Art Photography"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration." ~Ansel Adams
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Here's a quick update on my question, and a little hint (the dates of all of the presidencies, including those for presidents not yet named):
One more quick clue. The president from 1918-1920 has a very familiar name.
passengerfan wrote:Wasn't one of the missing ones Louis Menk a President of the CB&Q later the NP and on to the BN.
Thats the one!
Bingo! Louis Menk served as president of the Q between Murphy and Quinn from 1965-1966.
CopCarSS wrote:My bad, Dale. William J. Quinn was indeed president of the Q from 1966-1970. There was also one president (also a familiar name in the post merger years) that served between Harry C. Murphy and William J. Quinn, so that brings the total to 17.
Ah-ha. Quinn gets branded as a traitor by some of the Milwaukee Road fans. Some believe he drove the CMSP&P into the ground.
Murphy Siding wrote: What about Murphy?
There's One! Auroran, Harry C. Murphy was President from 1949-1965. I must confess that I thought that he was the last president of the Q, but after looking up the dates, it appears that there must've been one or two more before the merger. I'll see if I can figure that out on lunch here.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
nanaimo73 wrote:How about Curtiss Crippen? Four for four?
Four for four?
Sorry, but four for four.
CopCarSS wrote: No on all three counts, Dale.
No on all three counts, Dale.
I'm consistant! How about Curtiss Crippen?
nanaimo73 wrote:Quinn, who went to the CMSP&P? Was it Gaskins or Bressler that took over BN?
No on all three counts, Dale. A little hint, and a matter of civic pride: There's some residents of Aurora, IL (my hometown) in the mix, including the first and last president of the line.
oltmannd wrote: Hill?
While Hill had control of the Q, he never served as president of the line.
Hill?
-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/)
There's 3:
Ugh. I'm not the best at formulating questions, but here goes:
From it's earliest roots as the Aurora Branch until it was merged into the Burlington Northern, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy had 15 presidents. Name any 5.
Chris with the SS copcar got it right so have at it....
Whose turn is it now?
nanaimo73 wrote: Allentown yard's heritage is not PRR, Reading or Lehigh Valley.Which leaves...
Allentown yard's heritage is not PRR, Reading or Lehigh Valley.
Which leaves...
CNJ, but LV is close enough. It was functionally part of LV on 4/1/76, so J Edgar, your honor....
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