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Nostalgia & History > BN E with what train and where (1971)Date: 04/13/18 12:24 BN E with what train and where (1971) Author: valmont Took this shot in Feb. 1971, but not finding any other info .... it's not Denver.
 Date: 04/13/18 14:32 Re: BN E with what train and where (1971) Author: YukonYeti Ft. Morgan or Brush?
Date: 04/13/18 14:40 Re: BN E with what train and where (1971) Author: Korigaoka1811 Might be the Chicago-Galesburg-Quincy remnant of the old Kansas City Zephyr.
John Date: 04/13/18 14:57 Re: BN E with what train and where (1971) Author: valmont I can confirm that I was not in the several places mentioned thus far when I took this shot
Date: 04/13/18 16:19 Re: BN E with what train and where (1971) Author: krm152 While I do not know the specific location, the photo appears to have been taken at a major crossroads. Maybe that will help ring a bell.
ALLEN Date: 04/13/18 16:40 Re: BN E with what train and where (1971) Author: PHall Pacific Junction, IA?
Date: 04/13/18 17:35 Re: BN E with what train and where (1971) Author: cewherry Billings, Mt?
Charlie Date: 04/13/18 17:57 Re: BN E with what train and where (1971) Author: rob_l PHall Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Pacific Junction, IA? I'll second that. Wasn't the Omaha - Kansas City passenger train still running in Feb. 1971? Best regards, Rob L. Date: 04/13/18 18:18 Re: BN E with what train and where (1971) Author: dan green with envy wherever it is
Date: 04/14/18 05:16 Re: BN E with what train and where (1971) Author: Railfan2 Looks like the Illinois Zephyr maybe Zearing Illinois?
Date: 04/14/18 07:22 Re: BN E with what train and where (1971) Author: valmont Could this be Lincoln, NE? Been trying to figure out from dates of other pics ....
Date: 04/14/18 16:31 Re: BN E with what train and where (1971) Author: czephyr17 valmont Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Could this be Lincoln, NE? Been trying to figure > out from dates of other pics .... I've been studying the photo, and while I am not absolutely sure, it definitely could be Lincoln, just southwest of the depot near Hall Tower, with the eastbound passenger train coming off the passenger main from Cobb. The pole line going off in the distance appears to follow the freight line around the curve towards Hobson Yard to the west of downtown Lincoln. The closest track in the foreground would be the connection from the passenger station to the Kansas City line (today's St. Joseph sub on BNSF); the other leg of the wye from Kansas City is hardly visible in your photo, but it would cross the passenger main and join the freight main toward Hobson Yard in the distance. Next, the question of what train is this? It is clearly not the Denver Zephyr, which was scheduled through in the middle of the night, would have had more than one locomotive unit, and would have had a baggage car. The only other passenger train that was running west of Lincoln at this timeframe would have been train 16, the three day per week service between Ogden and Chicago that replaced the California Zephyr the previous year when the Western Pacific discontinued its portion of the operation. Train 16's scheduled time into Lincoln was 8:34 a.m., so the sun angle in your photo looks about right. I am puzzled, though, about the single unit; being February, perhaps traffic on this train would have been so light as to not require any more power. No baggage service was provided on this train, so the lack of a baggage car is not surprising. Between Omaha and Chicago, the train was combined with daily trains 11 and 12, the former Nebraska Zephyr. By this date, though, it as well as the Chicago-Ogden trains were only referred to by number. Date: 01/09/19 12:24 Re: BN E with what train and where (1971) Author: rsaltzman26 I agree that this is likely Lincoln, just southwest of the downtown depot and east of Hobson yard. It looks very familiar.
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