Bill's right about the DG table being used under the High St. viaduct. A flood
of considerable power caused extensive damage in and around Aurora in the early
50's washing out large sections of No. Broadway and adjacent CB&Q property
around the car shops. One hard hit structure was High St. viaduct. The creek
scoured the supports under north end of the bridge which caused it to take on a
serious sag and required a street closure for a time, if memory serves me
correctly.
A railroad has never been a wasteful operation, until recent years anyway, so a
"fix" was applied which involved the use of the DG table in an inverted
position under the roadway at the north end of the bridge. This "fix" remained
in place until the new High St. bridge was built.
Karl
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----- Original Message -----
From: John Mitchell
To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Turntable Sizes
The Centralia tt was at the old roundhouse, torn down
in '33 and was not replaced by the 100' tt. That was @
the new brick RH, built in '22.
J.D. Mitchell
--- hold-on@s... wrote:
> Bill
> The High St. Bridge was built during the Elevation
> Work from 1915-1934 and it
> reused a bridge from outwest but no location was
> given.
> Hols got an article on this for someday.
> The Downers Grove Turntable was an 80 ft. Deck
> Girder with Electric Drive built
> in 1910 from American Bridge Co first installed at
> Creston and moved to DG in
> 1936
> Creston had gotten the old turntable from Centralia
> in 1933(Took time to get an
> AFE into the budget) Centralia had a new 100 Thru
> Truss installed in 1922
> SJH
> William Franckey wrote:
>
> > Tom, Thanks for the turntable list. Do you
> know if Kewannee had a
> > table? I heard stories of a small roundhouse
> there but can find scant info
> > on this. There had always been a story
> circulating that the Downers Grove
> > table was used under High Street in Aurora which
> this list dated Jan 1,1952
> > leads one to question the facilities at DG. Maybe
> Bob Campbell can shed
> > some light on this.........Tom, what do you need
> exactly on the Galesburg
> > table? Bill
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <hold-on@s...>
> > To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 1:54 AM
> > Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Turntable Sizes
> >
> > > Turntable list is found on drawing No. 46541
> Jan 1, 1952
> > > Eastern District
> > > Chicago Div.
> > > 14th St. 79.75 ft Deck
> Girder Electric Drive
> > > Western Ave 110 ft. Deck
> Girder Electric Drive
> > > Clyde 135 ft.
> Deck Girder Electric Drive
> > > Aurora Div.
> > > Eola 100 ft.
> Thru Truss Electric
> > Drive
> > > Aurora RH 74.76ft Deck
> Girder Electric Drive
> > > Aurora PY 69.17ft.Deck
> Girder Electric Drive
> > > Mendota 85 ft Thru
> Truss Air Drive
> > > Buda 63.75ft
> Deck Girder Air Crab
> > > Galva
> 59.71ft.Deck Girder Hand Crab
> > > LaSalle 74.56
> ft.Deck Girder Air Drive
> > > Rockford 80.00 ft Thru
> Girder Electric
> > > Rock Falls 69.56 ft Deck
> Girder Air Drive
> > > Galesburg Div.
> > > Galesburg 135 ft. Deck
> Girder Electric Drive
> > > Quincy 75 ft
> Deck Girder Air Drive
> > > Rock Island 80 ft. Deck
> Girder Electric Drive
> > > Peoria 80 ft.
> Deck Girder Electric Drive
> > > Rushville 59.67 ft
> Deck Girder Air Drive
> > > Clinton 66 ft.
> Deck Girder Electric Drive
> > > Lacrosse Div.
> > > Savanna 100 ft. Thru
> Truss Electric
> > > N LaCrosse 85 ft Thru
> Truss Electric
> > > Daytons Bluff 110ft. Tree
> Point Electric
> > > Beardstown Div.
> > > Litchfield 63.50 ft
> Deck Girder Hand Crab
> > > Centralia 100 ft
> Thru Truss Electric Drive
> > > Beardstown 100 ft Thru
> Turss Electric Drive
> > > Central Dist. dated 3/1/43
> > > Ottumwa Div
> > > Des Moines 80 ft. Thru
> Truss Electric Drive
> > > Burlington 90 ft. Thru
> Truss Electric Drive
> > > Ottumwa 85 ft. Thru
> Truss Electric Drive
> > (will
> > > replace with 100 TT)
> > > Creston Div.
> > > Creston 100 ft. Thru
> Truss Electric Drive
> > > Villisca 66 ft.
> Deck Girder Hand Crab
> > > Red Oak 59.17 ft Deck
> Girder Air Crab
> > > Pacific Jct. 92.33 ft. Thru
> Truss Electric Drive
> > > Council Bluff 79.75 ft. Deck
> Girder Electric Drive
> > > Cumberland 67.50 ft. Deck
> Girder Hand Crab
> > > Sidney 55.42 ft. Deck
> Girder Hand
> > > Shenandoah 68 ft. Deck
> Girder Air Crab
> > > Griswold 56 ft.
> Deck Girder Hand
> > > Centerville Div.
> > > Centerville 68 ft. Deck
> Girder Electric Drive
> > > Carrollton 69.50ft. Deck
> Girder Air Crab
> > > Milan 70 ft.
> Deck Girder Air
> > > Hannibal Div.
> > > N.St.Louis 80 Ft. Thru
> Truss Electric Drive
> > > E.St.Louis 75 Ft. Deck
> Girder Electric Drive
> > > Hannibal 81.33 ft.
> Deck Girder Electric Drive
> > > Keokuk 65.71 ft. Deck
> Girder Air Drive
> > > Ft. Madison 60 ft. Deck
> Girder Air Drive
> > > Francis 74.48 ft
> Deck Girder Air Drive
> > > Brookfield 81.33 ft. Thru
> Truss Electric Drive
> > > Cameron Jct. 80 ft Deck
> Girder Air Drive
> > > St.Joseph Div.
> > > Murray 80 Ft. Thru
> Truss Electric Drive
> > > St.Joseph 100 ft. Thru
> Truss Electric Drive
> > > Clarinda 57.75 ft Deck
> Girder Hand Crab
> > > Albany 65.75 ft.Deck
> Girder Air Drive
> > > Sorry Guys no info on Lines West
> > > Thats up to some one else
> > > SJH
> > >
> > > TOM KOCH wrote:
> > >
> > > > Can anybody advise me the size of the
> Turntable in Galesburg? What
> > about
> > > > some other locations? I am building a
> Turntable and have not decided
> > how
> > > > big the table should be in order to handle
> anything that might need to
> > be
> > > > turned.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Tom Koch
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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