WPDiven@a... wrote:
>
> << Jerry Stauffer <jerstauf@e...> wrote:
> <<snip..>>
> ...he also says the tracks went south to Woods Mfg. too but again I have
> never heard that anywhere else either.>>
>
> Jerry and list:
>
> I wonder if your elderly friend is referring to the temporary, narrow-gauge
> line set up when Illinois Highway 2 was being paved around Oregon back in the
> latter 1920s or the '30s. My mother remembers the little industrial line
> running north on Sixth St. past her house for the work north of town. If
> don't know if a similar line ran south of Oregon during construction, but if
> it did, it would have passed the site occupied later by Wood Bros. You might
> ask your friend about that.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill
>
Bill, He says he doesn't remember any narrow gauge tracks ??? How long
were they in?? I also wonder if there are any pictures of the narrow
gauge operation around? Thanks for the info.
Jerry
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