Bill-
Yes, the DZ would be posed facing West.
Charlie
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From: <clipperw@EarthLink.net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Digest Number 2692
> Charlie,
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> You are saying that the DZ photo is taken looking east so that the
> train is westbound, is that correct? I don't recall whether the
> westbound approach to the EJ&E bridge is a long straight away. If you
> are correct, then somewhere between this point and west of Aurora, the
> communication lines switch from north to south. In the Chicago - Aurora
> area, I think the communication lines were on the north side of the
> track, so you could be correct and certainly, the wide ballast area to
> the left in the photo, could have been the remnants of the old fourth
> main between DG and Aurora.
>
> Bill Barber
>
> On Tuesday, March 7, 2006, at 01:19 PM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
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>> Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 12:57:42 -0600
>> From: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: Digest Number 2687
>>
>> Looking at the photo my guess would be that it was taken from the EJ&E
>> bridge at Eola.... note the wide ballast strip to the north... the old
>> fourth main???. If the signal lines were on the south side of the
>> tracks
>> this wouldn't be correct; but I don't think the third track is a
>> siding both
>> the outer tracks are at the same elevation and have the same ballast
>> as the
>> center track.
>> In 1936 you could get all the way in to Downers Grove or maybe even
>> Western
>> Springs and still see stretches of farmland on either side of the
>> tracks, so
>> I wouldn't rule out the Chicago-Aurora main as a venue.... although
>> there
>> are only a few places where a bridge would provide a spot to take the
>> photo.
>> Charlie Vlk
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