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Re: Downers Grove Layover Yard

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Subject: Re: Downers Grove Layover Yard
From: "clipperwr" <clipperw@E...>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 16:59:18 -0000
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John, 
I posted a couple photos of the Downers Grove lay over yard this 
morning. They were taken around 1940 by my dad. One shows 
the engine servicing facility while the other looks west and 
shows the upper 5 track yard. Sorry, that my uncle is blocking 
part of the view. Hopefully, you will find these of some help in 
your modeling effort.

--- In BRHSlist@y..., "nycbqfan" <jsauer@e...> wrote:
> Ed,
> 
> Thanks. No - you can go back to typing elsewhere (CUS 
book?).
> 
> Actually, the PTJ articles you wrote (1988)had a couple of very 
> helpful photos, I discovered this morning. Like the shot of the 
GP7 
> on the Downers Grove turntable (now I know not only that there 
was a 
> table, but what it looked like). Plus a couple of views, including 
> the passenger depot at DG. And I can see a bit of the layover 
tracks 
> in another shot.
> 
> With the great info from Leo, I think DG would make a nice 
locality 
> to consider modeling. I am not sticking to a specific year for 
my 
> layout - or else I couldn't have both steam and gallery cab cars, 
or 
> steam and those beautiful P2K CB&Q GP20 and GP30 in 
Chinese Red. I 
> will try to keep era to mid 50's with some exceptions. But with 
some 
> history bending, I think Downers Grove could be interesting.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> John Sauer



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