Harold-
You are probably correct. Sanborn, not being the CB&Q, would not have any
interest in accuracy of the tracks beyond their orientation to buildings for
insurance purposes (can a car derail and hit the building?) but since the
Sanborn Map is the only source that has surfaced to date that shows the
Riverside roundhouse and trackage, and the arrangement is logoical and jives
with what we do know, it is at least something. If you, or anybody, has
Valuation Drawings for the Aurora Division that show the arrangement, or
track arrangement drawings from the 1880s, we would be happy to see them!
Charlie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harold S. Huber Jr. [mailto:sarge9@f...]
> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 8:56 AM
> To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [BRHSlist] FW: Riverside, Illinois
>
>
> Remember folks that Sanborn maps are not always correct for track
> arrangement, ALWAYS confirm with another source these were produced to
> depict buildings for insurance purposes, not track plans.
> Harold Huber
> Sheridan, WY
> I have copies of a Sanborn Fire Insurance map that shows
> the Riverside
> Commuter Yard, the original station building, and the roundhouse and
> turntable. The map is cut off just before the bridge over the Des
> Plaines,
> but the track arrangement is pretty well established by the
> angle it must
> join the mainline on the west end.
>
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