Among the beautiful photos in Mike Spoor's Vol. 4
is a shot of LC, (or you might call it "LC70"),
getting ready to leave Galesburg.
On pages 20 & 21 one of the new, Havelock built,
stockcars is on the head end. Just behind the
coal is a 50' double deck of North American Car,
(originally Fowler), ownership that was leased to
the NYC and painted in one of their shades of green.
These cars were designed for hogs.
Right behind that 2nd stock car starts the meat
reefer portion of the train. First car is an Armour
and it does not appear to have the belt rail sides
so it is probably a "PCX" rather than a "TRAX".
Just to the right of the pole are 3 of the GATX built
mechanicals that were painted silver. Could be
either SRLX's or HFPX's as this train would have
both St Joseph and Monmouth traffic. A little further
back the first Morrell car out of Ottumwa really
stands out but there are more behind it.
Because of Galesburg's configuration the "Q" followed
the practice of doing whatever icing was necessary
after the classification process had been completed.
This train was made up on the South Ice House. The
map on the next page shows the left to right flow.
Trains like "LC" were not made up in the departure
yard.
Shot on page 59 must have been taken during the CTC
installation process. The lunar heads on the signal
masts are turned away which means they are not in
service yet.
On pages 96 and 97 is what should be either #73 or
#67A leaving the yard at Congress Park. In 1963 the
IHB was the only tri-level route available through
Chicago. To protect locations further West there
was a tri-level measuring stand installed along Track
#5 in the yard there. If they didn't clear it they
had to be held to determine a route. I do not
remember what year the CM&N,(IC) overhead was undercut
and raised but based on the photo on pages 108 & 109
it had to be after November of '63.
At the top of page #99 it looks like an Eastbound on
Track #3 that has just made their setout. The TOFC
would be on the rear to address the configuration
issues at Clyde.
On pages 100 & 101 one of those HFPX mechanicals can
be seen on the extension. Car has roller bearing
trucks which were awfully rare on 40' meat reefers.
Of course the one "MNX" that got a refrigeration unit
got roller bearing trucks also.
This is a great book with excellent photo selection
and beautiful reproduction. Got to order volumes
2 & 3 tomorrow.
Russ
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