Comments on: Joe Line http://larryvaughn.com/2008/01/08/joe-line/ Technical Communications Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:52:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Steve Martens http://larryvaughn.com/2008/01/08/joe-line/#comment-99 Steve Martens Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:44:59 +0000 http://levj.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/joe-line/#comment-99 Fun to read about the historic H&StJ. I grew up in Meadville, about 13-miles east from Chillicothe and thanks to my grandparents, I had the pleasure of riding an eastbound passenger train out of my hometown on a couple of occasions in the late 1950s. I also remember the steam-powered switch engines that were used on the line at that time, because my Grandma used to pick me up and run about a block away to wave at the locomotive engineers. Meadville is celebrating its sesquicentennial this year, and images of its passenger depot figure prominently in their promotional materials. Sounds like the tracks are all gone from the H&StJ line now, except for a short stretch of siding between Brookfield and Laclede. Fun to read about the historic H&StJ. I grew up in Meadville, about 13-miles east from Chillicothe and thanks to my grandparents, I had the pleasure of riding an eastbound passenger train out of my hometown on a couple of occasions in the late 1950s. I also remember the steam-powered switch engines that were used on the line at that time, because my Grandma used to pick me up and run about a block away to wave at the locomotive engineers. Meadville is celebrating its sesquicentennial this year, and images of its passenger depot figure prominently in their promotional materials. Sounds like the tracks are all gone from the H&StJ line now, except for a short stretch of siding between Brookfield and Laclede.

]]> By: Philip Costa http://larryvaughn.com/2008/01/08/joe-line/#comment-58 Philip Costa Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:58:08 +0000 http://levj.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/joe-line/#comment-58 I happened across your blog about JOE LINE. It was very interesting to me because I was born In St. Joe in 1937 and graduated from high school in Chillicothe, MO in 1955. I am a railroad buff and have several HO locomotives and cars but no layout. There were several railroads through Chillicothe during the heyday of railroading. I had an Uncle who was a Milwaukee passenger engineer. The Burlington used to go through Chillicothe but I believe the tracks have been removed west of town. More than likely those were probably the same tracks in your story. My daughter lives in Jamestown, CA where the Sierra Railway Museum is located. During the summer months the railroad has sightseeing rides on part of their system. The last time I was there I rode the train, that day it was pulled by a Shay Locomotive. The usual Locomotive a steam engine that was used in over 25 movies and TV shows including Pettycoat Junction which some of the sets are on display there. You can probably find more information on the internet than I can begin to tell you. That particular locomotive was brought from a bankrupt railroad in Arizona, shere I live, to the Sireea railway in California. Philip Costa I happened across your blog about JOE LINE. It was very interesting to me because I was born In St. Joe in 1937 and graduated from high school in Chillicothe, MO in 1955. I am a railroad buff and have several HO locomotives and cars but no layout. There were several railroads through Chillicothe during the heyday of railroading. I had an Uncle who was a Milwaukee passenger engineer. The Burlington used to go through Chillicothe but I believe the tracks have been removed west of town. More than likely those were probably the same tracks in your story.
My daughter lives in Jamestown, CA where the Sierra Railway
Museum is located. During the summer months the railroad has sightseeing rides on part of their system. The last time I was there I rode the train, that day it was pulled by a Shay Locomotive. The usual Locomotive a steam engine that was used in over 25 movies and TV shows including Pettycoat Junction which some of the sets are on display there. You can probably find more information on the internet than I can begin to tell you. That particular locomotive was brought from a bankrupt railroad in Arizona, shere I live, to the Sireea railway in California.

Philip Costa

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