Bob: I have never seen drawings of the tower. The Morning Sun book on
the CGW has some coverage of Portage. Jim Singer might be able to help
also. I know he has talked about modeling the Portage area.
Mike
On Thu, 22 Nov 2001 12:01:09 -0600 "Robert Krueger" <bkrueger@c...>
writes:
>Just wondering if anyone is aware of any printed plans for the
>Portage,
>Illinois tower. I would like to model this tower in H.O. scale and
>all I
>have are a few photos. I also realize this is an I.C. tower, but
>thought
>someone in this group might have information, memories, etc. I am
>intrigued
>with this area and would love to know more about the Galena River
>swing
>bridge and the small depot at Galena Jct., but that might be pushing
>it.....
>I have the Michael Spoor book, vol. 2 on the CB&Q which has some nice
>photos, as well as Model Railroad Planning 1999, where Jeff Wilson of
>Model
>Railroader modeled this area. Are there other resources available???
>
>Thanks for any insights!
>
>Sabula Bob
>
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