Ed DeRouin wrote:
> To the list
Ed is right the Milw crossed US 30 just south of Scarsboro and the last time I
was
by there you could see it north of the road but farmers have plowed out south.
There use to be two wayfreights(I think its petrol on the Milw) one each way
that
would meet somewhere between Rockford and Steward Jct. We tried to meet them at
Davis Jct or in the CTC if possible. Milw also had a Switch eng that worked
around
Rochelle and till the mid 80's the BN kept two working so you had three switch
engines working at Rochelle and the wayfreights meeting. Phil Russell first
painted the hills on the CTC machine in House 9 in 1974 and they were still
there
when the machine was junked in Galesburg. The Milw Depot is still being used in
Mendota(Sits South of the tracks) The use to have a roundhouse in the shadow of
the
GOB pile in Ladd which before the Depression had 32 pool turns. Besides the
Whitebreast Coal Mine at Ladd (or Third Vein Coal Mine depending on what year)
the
Cherry Mine there were three mines south of the river (GOB piles still exist at
most).SJH
> Al and Others:
>
> Based upon my observations and experience, I can state that as far as I
> know, the Q and Milw did not interchange at Steward Jct. Also, the Q did not
> have trackage rights on the Milw from Stewart Jct. to Mendota and a detour
> movement seems unlikely. Before 1932, I believe, the Q had a branch from
> Shabbona to Paw Paw, that line connected at Paw Paw with the Earlville -
> Sterling branch. So, a Q connection, sorry Dave Lotx - no pun intended,
> existed that negated use by the Q of the Milw Stewart Jct. - Mendota line.
>
> I know the Q interchanged with the ICRR at Mendota, but am uncertain about
> interchanging with the Milw there. I suspect not, but if someone knows for
> certain, please enlighten us. I will have to do some research to determine
> where the Q and Milw interchanged cars in that area.
>
> The Milw headed south of Mendota toward the coalfields of Ladd and Cherry.
> The crossed the Illinois River via rights on the NYC to Granville and headed
> to Oglesby. One of the reasons the NYC connected with so many roads in the
> DePue area was as a high and wide load route bypassing Chicago. I do know
> the Milw delivered cars to the CRIP at DuPue. That is probably more than you
> wanted to know! See Bill Raia' Morning Sun book (Milw Vol 1) for some shots
> in this area.
>
> Ed DeRouin
>
>
>
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