Bob
The ore trains went via the Beardstown-St. Louis line
after the C&NW took over the L&M (1957). The
Northwestern closed the interchange at Litchfield. The
yard swither at Beardstown sometimes pushed Arenzville
hill but mostly the trains doubled and tripled the
hill. John
--- Bob Weber <eng95@comcast.net> wrote:
> John,
>
> I only remember ore trains heading for Litchfield
> from Concord. When you say they went to Granite
> City via East Alton, do you mean via the Beardstown
> - St. Louis Sub-division? I don't remember seeing
> ore trains through Chapin. I do remember working
> Concord when ore trains would come up the Arenzville
> hill in 2 and sometimes 3 sections. Was a helper
> engine still in service at Frazier after 1951 to
> help get heavy trains up the hill?
>
> Bob
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John D. Mitchell, Jr.
> To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 8:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Ore Cars
>
>
> This has been on the list before. The Q hauled GN &
> NP
> ore jinnies, down the "Peavine" to Galesburg, then
> via
> Bushnell to Beardstown. From Beardstown they went to
> Granite City Steel via East Alton. They also (prior
> to
> 1957), went to Litchfield via Concord. They were
> interchanged there with the Litchfield & Madison,
> which took them on to Granite City.
> John
> --- sdoyle19@idt.net wrote:
> > Can anyone tell me if the Q ever owned or leased
> any
> > ore cars based on the DM&IR prototype, or did the
> GN
> > or NP ever run them over Q trackage into or
> through
> > Chicago or elsewhere in Illinois?
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> > removed]
> >
> >
>
>
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