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Re: [CBQ] Good spot to model between Savanna & Chicago

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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Good spot to model between Savanna & Chicago
From: jsteamernubes@aol.com
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 23:44:13 EST
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Tom Mack:
         The only spot where another railroad crossed over the Burlington 
between Aurora and Savanna was at Polo, where the IC's Freeport to Cairo Line 
crossed over the Q.  This was not an interchange point, and basically was out 
in 
the country. This track has been pulled up.
         Milwaukee Road shared track from Flagg Center to Steward at grade, 
and the C&NW crossed at grade at Rochelle.  None of these had interchange, if 
memory serves.  The Milwaukee's connection in Savanna was not designed for 
interchange, and the crossing is at grade..
       For scenic spots, there's the "sand" cut east of Oregon, and the cut 
where the mainline parallels White Pines State Park west of Oregon.  West of 
Chadwick, the Milwaukee and Burlington's mainlines are within sight of each 
other to Savanna.  There is a North Western crossing at grade at Mored passing 
track somewhere near Hinckley, if I recall correctly; perhaps it's closer to 
Waterman.  There was another crossing, long gone, called the Ashdale Cutoff 
where 
the Milwaukee's Southwest Line bypassed Savanna and went under the Burlington 
along a creek bed.  This was torn up in the mid-1940's (1947?).
       There's plenty of scenery on this line, but nothing that fits your 
plan.  It's still an interesting part of the C&I, with plenty of up hill down 
hill running through the rolling hills of northwest Illinois.

       Jim Neubauer


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