Burlington Ballast per se depends where & when on the system - the Q had
it's own ballast & gravel pits plus purchased from commercial sources so the
"type" varies over time & location. That said - St. Paul southward to
LaCrosse: per Q system ballast records of "65 (inc. what was used previous
back to 1940) there was the following (and bear in mind cinders were common
on sidings and older ballast would exist with newer depending on whether a
main, passing siding, spur, etc). From Dayton's Bluff to Newport & N-bd.
main from there to MP 410.5
and Prescott south it was crushed rock applied in "56/57 with intermittent
Speno cleaning in "66. (Some crushed rock was done in "46). Previous it had
been chatts applied "42 & earlier with exception of cinders in "47 from MP
405 to Prescott. This was pretty much the norm to LaX except for varying
areas of Speno Cleaning &/or light surfacing in mid-60's. Gerald Edgar
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