At Centralia, the Centralia men didn't sleep in their
waycars. It was their home terminal, but it is true
that it put the Beardstown men closer to the gin
mills!
John M.
--- Charlie Vlk <cvlk@comcast.net> wrote:
> Quieter location for sleeping????
> Charlie Vlk
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 2:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] waycar internal life
>
>
> > At Centralia, there was the "Beardstown" waycar
> track
> > and the "Centralia" waycar track for the two road
> > freight trainmen/conductor pools. I never could
> figure
> > why the Beardstown track was closer to the yard
> > office. Looks like the local boys would have put
> > their's on the near track!
> > John M.
> > --- Russell Strodtz <vlbg@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > John,
> > >
> > > Back before the days of pooled waycars the
> waycar
> > > was changed at
> > > every crew change point. Even a location like
> North
> > > La Crosse with
> > > more daily passengers movements than freight it
> > > would not have been
> > > unusual to have over 20 assigned waycars. It
> was
> > > also not unusual to
> > > have 3 or 4 old 40 or 50 foot flats that were
> > > actually kept on the waycar
> > > track.
> > >
> > > To make the switching easier some locations
> would
> > > have separate
> > > tracks for assigned waycars from the East and
> West
> > > pools.
> > >
> > > Right now at North La Crosse the track that stub
> > > ends at the office and
> > > is used to park the yard and local engines is
> called
> > > the "West Waycar
> > > Track". Would have been right along side the
> C&NW
> > > interchange.
> > > Only problem is that I never did figure out
> where
> > > the "East Waycar
> > > Track" was.
> > >
> > > It's not easy to hide a track at North La Crosse
> > > because the whole yard
> > > is built on a filled in swamp. If an area is
> not
> > > filled in you can be sure
> > > there was never a track at that location. Some
> day I
> > > might figure that one
> > > out. If I just had to pick a spot today I would
> say
> > > along the roundhouse
> > > lead just on the basis that that's the only
> place it
> > > could have been.
> > >
> > > Russ
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "JLBender" <jlbender@indianvalley.com>
> > > To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, 17 September, 2003 11:11
> > > Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] waycar internal life
> > >
> > >
> > > > Ben,
> > > >
> > > > In my area, at least, I would have to agree
> with
> > > Russell......NORMALLY (well over 90 percent of
> the
> > > time...enough for me to call it normal) the
> waycars
> > > were short roof (cupola) forward. I refer
> > > specifically
> > > to the Aurora-Streator branch, as well as the
> > > suburban areas around Aurora, the main through
> > > Plano,
> > > Sandwich, etc., and the main through Hinckley,
> > > Waterman etc. In the 50's and 60's, at least it
> was
> > > NOT a
> > > common sight to see the waycar with the long
> roof
> > > forward. It did happen, I have seen the waycars
> long
> > > roof
> > > forward, but not very often. It was, as Russell
> > > stated, somewhat of a policy to put a low car
> > > immediately
> > > ahead of the waycar.
> > > >
> > > > John
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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