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Burlington Bulletin #35 The Q in the Coal Fields
Burlington Bulletin Number 35 The Q in the Coal Fields
256 Pages
This edition of the BULLETIN surpasses all 34 previous issues by a substantial margin and sets a record not apt to be broken anytime soon - if ever. In its 256 pages, it chronicles in incredible detail a vital segment of the Burlington about which most people really know very little. Sure, everybody knows the Q hauled coal out of Southern Illinois; the railroad's 2-10-2s, and later the graceful M-4 2-104s, after all, were designed and built for that service. And, of course, there was that oddball 0-8-0, the 5020, converted from an 0-1 Mikado, that worked the Centralia yard in the '30s. In the diesel era, the southern end of the Beardstown Division was a region populated by GP7's and SD7's -and in its final year as the Q, by those ungainly looking green, black and white GE U23C's. And then there were the "Silver Sides," shimmering aluminum coal hoppers built at Havelock in the mid-'60s for unit train service in Southern Illinois. For most of us, that's about all we know about the region.
But not so for BRHS member John Mitchell, a lifelong resident of Zeigler, in the heart of the Southern Illinois Coal Fields. The story of the Q in this territory is in his blood; there's no facet of Burlington history or operations there that has escaped his notice - and documentation. He's tracked down relatives of former Q employees from the Coal Fields that even family members had lost track of!
And after nearly five years in preparation, we're pleased to share the results of John's exhaustive research, so that you, too, can become well versed on our favorite railroad's important presence in the Coal Fields of Southern Illinois.
So extensive is John's treatment of this fascinating subject that we were afraid we would be forced to split it up in two consecutive issues of the BULLETIN. But happily, that is not the case, and the material is being presented in a single issue. Through a generous donation to the Burlington Route Historical Society from The Grainger Foundation and through the efforts of BRHS member Ernie Pulido of Sandcastle Arts, the society is able to present John Mitchell's historic material under one cover in one issue - all 256 pages of it!
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