Wow!!! Amazed at the number of industries still on the CB&Q in 1967!!!!
It is especially readable when you sort by the Terminal Carrier’s District column.
Charlie Vlk
From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> On Behalf Of William Hirt
Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 8:36 AM
To: CBQ@groups.io
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Industry and Warehouse Questions
Scott and Nancy,
I have already provided Jack with this industry information in the format he wanted for the Members Only section of the BRHS web site. I have provided him with information on more locations than Chicago. Watch the Members Only section of the web site as he will be posting it there.
I've attached the Chicago tariff file that I have sent Jack. The Chicago tariff is a wonderful reference as it provides street addresses of customers. Only a minority of shipper's guides did.
For those interested, Ted Schnepf of Rails Unlimited sells reprints of the Chicago Shippers Guide. He has both 1956 and 1967.
Bill Hirt
On 3/8/2021 9:40 PM, Scott Stearns wrote:
Nancy and I are in the process of modelling a warehouse district switch job on our model railroad. This area will have a job that runs out of Cicero Yard and go east towards Union Station. Between Cicero and CUS, there were numerous warehouses. We'd like to be as accurate as possible (within reason) in naming these warehouses. The era is the early 1960s. Any help with names of the warehouses and what they handled would be greatly appreciated.
On a similar but different note -- we fully understand that the La Grange EMD plant was not on the "Q". However, our layout is going to fudge that a bit. We're of the understanding that there was also a business in the area that took in old locomotives to be scrapped. Does anyone know the name of that business?
Thanks to all for your help.
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