A 1968 track bulletin covers the movement of the business car ROAMER
over the railroad on May 9-10, 1968.
Kevin Johnson, current owner of
the business car, had this to say about discovering the bulletin
in the ROAMER:
When cleaning the upper berth of the porter's room this weekend
[April 2007], I found the enclosed which had fallen behind the lower mattress.
This may have been the last time the ROAMER.
went out. I thought
you would enjoy a copy.
The ROAMER was sold late 1971 and moved from
Green Bay in 1972, so this was certainly one of the last movements of the
business car over the railroad.
The train took just over 5 hours to travel the 212 miles from
Green Bay to East Winona -- an average speed of 40 miles per
hour.
Chief Train Dispatcher B.D. Curran was alerting all employees on the
line that the Roamer was coming, so that they could arrange their work
to be out of the way. This is not the same as a train order
giving the train a specific right to travel over the railroad, but it
was simply letting everybody know that something was happening and don't
delay it.
The track bulletin is reproduced below in text format to help in searching
the text. To see the original document, click here.
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GREEN BAY AND WESTERN RAILROAD
Green Bay, Wisconsin
May 2, 1968
Bulletin No. 1330
ALL CONCERNED:
Passenger Extra moving on the following schedule Thursday, May 9th, 1968, Norwood to Winona:
| Leave: | Norwood | 2:01 PM |
| " | Oneida | 2:15 PM |
| " | Seymour | 2:25 PM |
| " | Black Creek | 2:35 PM |
| " | Shiocton | 2:45 PM |
| " | New London | 2:59 PM |
| " | Manawa | 3:15 PM |
| " | Scandinavia | 3:30 PM |
| " | Amherst Junction | 3:43 PM |
| " | Arnott | 3:53 PM |
| " | Plover | 4:01 PM |
| Arrive: | Wisconsin Rapids | 4:20 PM |
| Leave: | Wisconsin Rapids | 4:30 PM |
| " | Dexterville | 4:51 PM |
| " | City Point | 5:05 PM |
| " | Merrillan | 5:45 PM |
| " | Alma Center | 5:50 PM |
| " | Hixton | 5:59 PM |
| " | Taylor | 6:10 PM |
| " | Blair | 6:20 PM |
| " | Whitehall | 6:30 PM |
| " | Independence | 6:40 PM |
| " | Arcadia | 6:50 PM |
| " | Dodge | 7:10 PM |
| Arrive: | E. Winona | 7:20 PM |
Passenger Extra moving on the following schedule Friday, May 10th, 1968, Winona to Norwood:
| Leave: | E. Winona | 6:05 AM |
| " | Dodge | 6:15 AM |
| " | Arcadia | 6:35 AM |
| " | Independence | 6:45 AM |
| " | Whitehall | 6:55 AM |
| " | Blair | 7:05 AM |
| " | Taylor | 7:15 AM |
| " | Hixton | 7:25 AM |
| " | Alma Center | 7:35 AM |
| " | Merrillan | 7:40 AM |
| " | City Point | 8:15 AM |
| " | Dexterville | 8:30 AM |
| Arrive: | Wisconsin Rapids | 8:50 AM |
| Leave: | Wisconsin Rapids | 9:01 AM |
| " | Plover | 9:20 AM |
| " | Arnott | 9:30 AM |
| " | Amherst Junction | 9:40 AM |
| " | Scandinavia | 9:50 AM |
| " | Manawa | 10:05 AM |
| " | New London | 10:20 AM |
| " | Shiocton | 10:30 AM |
| " | Black Creek | 10:40 AM |
| " | Seymour | 10:50 AM |
| " | Oneida | 11:01 AM |
| Arrive: | Norwood | 11:20 AM |
Be governed accordingly.
B. D. Curran
Chief Train Dispatcher
cc. Mr. L. H. Wolfe
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