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Nostalgia & History > Postcard from the Mountain (vol #3): Q 9841Date: 12/14/19 16:43 Postcard from the Mountain (vol #3): Q 9841 Author: santafe199 We haven’t seen anything from Spain’s Mountain lately, so how ‘bout this Q motor car. I’m taking a wild guess at the approximate date, so if anyone has better info about this image please step up to the plate and swing for the fence…
1. Postcard/image of CB&Q motor car 9841 in Galesburg, IL (?) circa 1955 (??). Mined from “Spain’s Mountain” of all kinds of RR memorabilia. (Translation: From the Dick Spain collection) Thanks for the pitons! Lance Garrels (santafe199) Dick Spain (isinern) Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/14/19 18:13 by santafe199. Date: 12/14/19 20:01 Re: Postcard from the Mountain (vol #3): Q 9841 Author: MojaveBill Looks a lot like Santa Fe's units...
Bill Deaver Tehachapi, CA Date: 12/14/19 20:05 Re: Postcard from the Mountain (vol #3): Q 9841 Author: SCKP187 Very nice looking. A branchline beauty--those things picked up mail, creamery cans and passengers creating nice reliable customer service----days gone bye.
Brian Stevens Date: 12/14/19 20:32 Re: Postcard from the Mountain (vol #3): Q 9841 Author: PHall SCKP187 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Very nice looking. A branchline beauty--those > things picked up mail, creamery cans and > passengers creating nice reliable customer > service----days gone bye. > Brian Stevens And the only way they even broke even was those mail and express contracts. When those went away so did the trains. Date: 12/14/19 22:42 Re: Postcard from the Mountain (vol #3): Q 9841 Author: IC_2024 My mom rode one of these from her hometown Steward to Rochelle, IL back in the 30’s and 40’s. They called it the “puddle jumper”— lol
Date: 12/15/19 03:07 Re: Postcard from the Mountain (vol #3): Q 9841 Author: bob01566 Great image that would be enhanced if some level of descreen was used during scanning.
That would eliminate the dot pattern... Bob Date: 12/15/19 12:29 Re: Postcard from the Mountain (vol #3): Q 9841 Author: ntharalson I'm wondering what line this was assigned to. Most of the Q "doodlebugs" were assigned to a route and not in pool type service.
Thanks for posting, Lance. Nick Tharalson, Marion, IA |