A 1968 track bulletin covers the movement of the business car ROAMER
over the railroad on May 9-10, 1968.
Kevin Johnson, former 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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