The Q had a dislocated property called something like the "Chicago,
Burlington and Hammond" - don't remember the exact name but it shows up in
the W.W. Baldwin corporate history.... that was adjacent to an EJ&E yard in
Hammond. Somebody once told me they had a 2-10-2 stationed down there. The
purpose of the operation was specifically to bring up the slag ballast from
the steel mills that was used on the mainline in the Chicago area and
westward.
Can anybody throw any light on this operation???
Charlie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Virginia Edgar" <vje68@h...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 5:42 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] RE: Burlington ballast
>
> 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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