Hi Jeff:
Depots still stand at Yates City, along with caboose
Canton, along with engine,
Lewistown,a museum (Narrow Gauge) with caboose
Lewistown (ex Q)
Lewistown was also a base to some of the strip mines on branches to Cuba,
Fairview, and Dunfirmline. A branch to the Illinois river left just north of
Lewistown to Liverpool. Also the Midland Electric coal company had a line
from their mine and the Q at Dunfirmline to the Illinois River also near
Liverpool. The Central Illinois Light Co. CILCO had a branch from Lewistown
east a couple miles to their plant. Old topo maps and aerial photos are
available at: www.terrasever.com
Please keep us updated on you book. Think about the Spoon River Drive in
the Fall. Quite a few railroaders are found at the depots. Another depot
is in the park.(away from the railroad) in Avon. Restored and a museum.
Yates City was a hub for crews also. Line up to Buda through Elmwood to the
coal mines ran till the 80's. Q depot in Wyoming is now a museum.
Roger Kujawa - Morton, Il. ark@b...
President - Atlantic & Great Western Railway
See the AGW on line at :
http://www.geocities.com/agw_railway/
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 09:02:31 -0500
> From: "Jeff Crump" <jrcrump@c...>
> Subject: Yates City-Canton-Lewiston
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> Hi all,
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> As part of the continuing research for my HO model "Canton and Spoon River
> RR" (focused on the operations at the International Harvester works in
> Canton, IL) next week I will making at trip to Illinois to photograph and
> otherwise document the line that ran from Yates City through Canton and
down
> to Lewiston, IL.
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> Any suggestions on places to check out or other info. would be greatly
> appreciated!
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> Thanks,
> Jeff Crump
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