Tom,
What year are your data sheets and what year is the photo you are
referring to. Got to know what context to put the answer in.
Russ
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From: "thommack" <mack@chmack.com>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 28 May, 2003 18:52
Subject: [BRHSlist] Train Movements
> I am getting ready to TRY to start some operations on my layout and
> have some questions regarding freight train movements based on the
> CB&Q data sheets. The main yard on my layout is 'tentatively" La
> Crosse, WI. I say tentatively because I am not really modeling a
> specific locale, but decided the the Chicago-Twin Cities line would
> make for interesting operating possibilities, including pooled power
> and interchange with some neat roads like C&NW (Alcos!) and MILW (F-
> M's).
>
> To get things started, I wanted to know what trains passed through
> La Crosse and found the following in the data sheets:
>
> 80 Dayton Bluff - Galesburg - W. Quincy - St. Louis
> 81 St. Louis - Savanna - Dayton Bluff
> 82 Twin Cities - Chicago
> 83 Chicago - Twin Cities
> 90 Twin Cities - Chicago
>
> Each of the above trains has a 30-45 minute stop at La Crosse. But
> here is where it gets confusing to me.
>
> 1. Were there actually only 5 trains a day that would have run
> through La Crosse? Since all trains into and out of the twin cities
> went through La Crosse, I would have expected more.
>
> 2. There is no set out or pick up information for La Crosse for
> trains 80-83. Only Train 90, which simply says "Sets out and picks
> up". Does that mean that trains 80-83 didn't do any pick ups or set
> outs at La Crosse?
>
> I referenced Mike Spoor's CB&Q Volume 2 which covers La Crosse and
> it looks like it was a fairly good size yard, with a modest engine
> facility, and lots of waycars in one photo. It seems very clear the
> yard had to generate a fair amount of traffic from points north and
> south and also interchang, but the data sheets don't give me a clue
> to how this worked.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated so I can get things more
> operational on my layout.
>
> Tom Mack
>
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