Thank you George, and the others that have helped with answers,
I have a photo looking north of the Coal Chute showing part of the Ice
House, now to fit it into the track plan.
Does anyone have any links to the roundhouse, servicing facility,
photos? With the sad demise of Bill Sellecks Galesburg Journal, the
photos I was using for reference are sadly gone.
cheers
Dave Hancox
georgeshannon2003 wrote:
>
> Well, since I see no other replies, let me tell what little about
> the Galesburg Icehouse that I know.
>
> I was born in 1954 and my father took me to visit Grandpa working at
> the icing platform several times during what must have been my first
> six years. I would go up onto the icing platform and every now and
> then a piece of ice would come by that was small enough to fit in my
> hand so Grandpa would give it to me. I remember it being on tall
> creosote piers with a long stairway leading up to the platform. The
> men would move the ice from the platform to fill bunkers in the cars
> below.
>
> There were long lines of old steam locomotives sitting idle and when
> I asked what they were doing just sitting there, Granpa stated they
> were waiting to go to the scrap yard. I thought that was so sad.
> They were magnificent beasts.
>
> Hope this helps and wasn't just a nostalgic waste of time,
>
> George
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>, Dave Hancox
> <dhancox@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hiya Guys,
> >
> > Does anyone know when the Galesburg Il, Icehouse was pulled down?
> > Im looking at modeling the Galesburg roundhouse area for a train
> layout
> > and was wondering if it was still around in early 1950s.
> >
> > cheers
> > Dave Hancox
> >
>
>
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