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Nostalgia & History > Midwestern Nostalgia ... the KJRYDate: 01/27/10 18:57 Midwestern Nostalgia ... the KJRY Author: burlingtonjohn The Keokuk Junction Railway was a railroad that switched the various industries in Keokuk Iowa ... always made for an interesting mix of equipment.
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear .... Regards, Burlington John 1. 1064 at Keokuk, January 1984 2. 205 at Keokuk, 1987. A former Manufacturer's Railway engine from St. Louis 3. This geep is an obvious kitbash in progress by the KJRY shop forces! 29 August 1992 Date: 01/27/10 18:59 Re: Midwestern Nostalgia ... the KJRY Author: burlingtonjohn 1. 469 ... the Illinois Central heritage is pretty obvious .. 26 June 1999
2 & 3 #1215 was a pretty slick looking NW2 ... got to love that snowplow! May 1987 Regards, Burlington John Date: 01/28/10 06:20 Re: Midwestern Nostalgia ... the KJRY Author: redarrow Did not the Keokuk RR at one time have some varnish-an open platform car that somehow involved a man of the cloth. The car eventually wound up on the GC Rlwy out in AZ but it`s fate thereafter remains unknown to this writer.
Date: 01/28/10 22:42 Re: Midwestern Nostalgia ... the KJRY Author: SD45X First switcher I have seen with a plow.
Date: 01/29/10 10:18 Re: Midwestern Nostalgia ... the KJRY Author: burlingtonjohn redarrow Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Did not the Keokuk RR at one time have some > varnish-an open platform car that somehow involved > a man of the cloth. The car eventually wound up on > the GC Rlwy out in AZ but it`s fate thereafter > remains unknown to this writer. It was the "Chief Keokuk" ... I'll dig up slides on it this evening ... I heard it went to the Grand Canyon, but like you, lost track of it thereafter ... Regards, Burlington John Date: 01/29/10 16:09 Re: Midwestern Nostalgia ... the KJRY Author: Evan_Werkema burlingtonjohn Wrote:
> 3. This geep is an obvious kitbash in progress by > the KJRY shop forces! 29 August 1992 That's probably KJRY HE15 252, ex-CNW 4252 getting some work done and a coat of orange applied. KJRY acquired both of those troublesome, Cummins-powered former GP7's from CNW, and the other one, KJRY 253, was still intact and in "patched" CNW paint in August 1992: http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,1779301 |