[RITSlist] Eldon/Ottumwa info and intro

[Art Gibson]

Welcome aboard, NIck,
    I am not Iowa schmart, but I can help with the interchanges. 
    My Jan 1970 Official Railway Equipment Register shows :
        Ottumwa, Ia.        
            CmStp & P
            Norfolk & western
            CB & Q
    as the only interchanges.
        Eldon, Iowa (and Eldon Missouri) were only served by the Rock Island in 1970.
    Highball !
        Art Gibson (about 3 miles south of the Topeka Yard office)
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Nick Trimberger 
  To: ritslist at simpson.edu 
  Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 2:54 PM
  Subject: [RITSlist] Eldon/Ottumwa info and intro


  Seeing this is my first post, I suppose a short intro couldn't hurt.  For those of you who don't know me I'm Nick Trimberger.  Grew up in southeast Wisconsin along the WC (now CN) and recently moved to Ottumwa (IA) for a job after graduating from college.  I'm starting to lay some groundwork for a small N-scale layout in my apartment, and was thinking of having part of it be based on the Rock Island's K&DMV line (subdivision 4B?) baround Ottumwa and Eldon, circa 1970.  Anyways, this leads me to a couple of questions. 

  1. What did the Rock have for industries in Ottumwa/Eldon around 1970 or so?

  2. Was there any regularily scheduled trains on this line or was it local service only?  What sort of power was used on this line?

  3. Did any interchange take place in Ottumwa with the CBQ, MILW, or N&W?  If so, any on what?

  4. At Eldon, was there any sort of assigned yard job in that time frame?  

  That's all I have for now but I'm sure I'll have a few other questions pop up down the road.  Thanks in advance for any info anyone can provide.

  NBT

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