RE: [CBQ] Mt. Morris Track Plan

[Gerald Edgar <vje68@hotmail.com>]

and conversely, Forreston was the Q's gateway to Dubuque which was a major 
shipping point in the 1800's as wqas woodworking capital.  Until the CB&N was 
constructed, Forreston (& the Mt. Morris branch in general) had a lot more 
traffic.  Abandoment from Mt. Morris to Forreston was  a direct result of the Q 
having its own line to Dubuque and points north with construction of 
CB&Northern.


Gerald  
 



To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: cvlk@comcast.net
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:53:55 -0600
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Mt. Morris Track Plan


  



Steve-
Actually, the Mt. Morris branch is even more interesting than most think....
....when it went all the way to Forreston, it was the IC's means of entry for 
its Iowa lines into Chicago.... over trackage rights on the C&I and CB&Q all 
the way to the St. Charles Air Line for most of the period until the IC finally 
completed the Chicago, Madison & Northern. 
This is an unwritten Chapter in the History of the CB&Q in Illinois and 
deserves more research!!
Charlie Vlk
Hey guys
let me get home with some bad weather(so I can not work outside ) and I will 
get 
on a Mt. Morris article complete with ariel photos

Steve in SC

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