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RE: [CBQ] Ops in the greater Beardstown and Jacksonville IL area

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From: "Jeremy Bubb" <bn9555@adams.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:13:02 -0600
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Stan,

Don't forget the B&O at Beardstown. They use to have 4 or 5 yard tracks east
of the Q main. There is an interchange for you. If you would contact me off
the list bn9555@adams.net.

Jeremy
  -----Original Message-----
  From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Stan
Maddox
  Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 11:51 PM
  To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [CBQ] Ops in the greater Beardstown and Jacksonville IL area


  List,

  I am a modeler seeking information on operations in the Beardstown
  and Jacksonville IL area and beyond. This includes the branch from
  Concord to White Hall. I'll list a few specific questions to get the
  ball rolling, but I am also hoping to start a thread of memories, so
  to speak. (By all means, if you think of something, please take the
  thread in the direction that suits you.) I am trying to get the
  specific flavor of prototype operations in the area, in order to make
  some tough decisions as to what gets modeled and what gets cut. I
  received a couple of helpful responses to similar questions about
  Beardstown and Concord that were posted here about a year ago,
  thanks. I am hoping to cover more specific ground this time around,
  in preparation for another early spring research trip to the area.

  Questions:

  1.) What were the common traffic patterns in this area from postwar
  to the BN merger?
  2.) When did CB&Q cease using the Beardstown roundhouse and servicing
  area?
  3.) In Beardstown, there appears to be the remnants of many more
  tracks between the waterfront and today's south yard, than exist
  today. Was this area between the waterfront mills and today's south
  yard, the original site of the yard? If so, how did these tracks
  function in relation to the south yard? When was the north yard
  pulled up? (Come to think of it, what is the "official" name of the
  south yard?)
  4.) If you are a modeler, please review the background info below. Do
  you think Q operations on this this track plan will be interesting
  and enjoyable to operate? What changes would you suggest?
  5.) If you had to choose between modeling the Concord to White Hall
  branch, or the Astoria branch and Sunspot Mine, which would you
  choose and why?

  Thanks in advance for your assistance, looking forward to the
  discussion.

  Best regards,

  Stan

  Background info for modelers:

  I am designing an HO scale layout based on a fictitious railroad that
  runs through prototype locations and their interchanges. The layout
  starts at the crossing in Vermont, IL, with trains coming off staging
  yards that represent points north (Bushnell, Galesburg) and northeast
  (Peoria area). The main line runs compass southward past the Sunspot
  mine and the old Astoria branch, down into the Illinois River valley,
  through the industries and yards of Beardstown, trough Hagener and up
  Arenzville Hill, through Concord, and into Jacksonville. At
  Jacksonville (the showcase switching town on the layout), I am
  modeling almost all of the trackage and industries in Jacksonville at
  the GM&O and Wabash/N&W crossing area, at least in function if not in
  full prototype capacity. On the CB&Q portion, the cannery complex
  east of Jacksonville will be modeled. Points southward from there
  will be modeled with staging.

  The layout mainline picks up the GM&O Jack Line due south from JV
  tower, joins the Air Line in Murrayville via staging, and continues
  compass southward into the yard, shops and wye complex at Roodhouse.
  The Jack Line to KC will be staging. The GM&O main continues
  southward to White Hall, where the CB&Q branch from Concord also
  comes into town. Both the CB&Q and GM&O will run into staging for
  points compass south from there, with an outside shot of adding
  Carrolton if I can finagle the benchwork just right.


  


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