Pete,
Properly spelled "Bairstow". They were only notable because they
made up a "Railroad" name and used Baldwins & Limas at a late date.
Think most of the slag they got came from the South Works of
U.S. Steel, (formerly Carnegie-Illinois Steel, thus so much of the
Q's 112TR and 129TR had/has "Illinois" as the brand of rail), I do
not know if they did any ballast at all but if they did CB&Q was not
a customer.
Last four units I show them as having are 301, an Ex CSL #101 a
VO1000, 302, an Ex TP&W Lima, same number, and an Ex RI 0-8-0
and an Ex B&O 0-8-0.
Think there was Railfan ownership.
Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: <PSHedgpeth@a...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, 30 March, 2003 14:21
Subject: [BRHSlist] BURLINGTON BALLAST
> Int the recent conversations re the above there was mention of an obscure RR
> which served only to handle slag ballast...I mentioned one from memory from
> Ed DeRouin's
> TRACKSIDE AROUND CHICAGO.
>
> Having my priorities correctly aligned I checked the book last evening and
> here's the one I was thinking of...may or not be right, but here tis.
>
> TAC Pg 90..3 photos of INDIAN HILL AND IRON RANGE. Heading at top of page
>
> Owned by H. Barstow & Co. the approximately one mile long Indian Hill and
> Iron Range Railway serves only one purpose...It receives loads of slag from
> the EJ&E in northwest Hammond IN and shoves the loads to a waiting car
> dumper. The slag is then trucked to a nearby facility where it is crushed
> and used in highway construction.
>
> This may or may not be helpful, but I'm sure it's worth what it cost to get
> it.
>
> Pete
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