I lived on the main line, Lincoln division in the 30s. Slag ballast was
dark gray, almost black.
Dale Reeves
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From: <clipperw@EarthLink.net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 10:28 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Ballast Choices
> Denny,
>
> I grew up in Downers Grove. It was definitely slag ballast and is was
> light gray to gray in color.
>
> Bill Barber
>
> On Feb 4, 2007, at 9:38 AM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
>> Ballast Choices
>>
>> Posted by: "Denny Anspach" danspach@macnexus.org docdenny34
>>
>> Sat Feb 3, 2007 1:52 pm (PST)
>>
>> Some years ago Gerald Edgar reported that the ballast on the CBQ
>> mainline between Chicago and Aurora c. 1943 forward into the fifties
>> was slag . I presume that this was steel or iron slag, and if so what
>> color was it?
>>
>> What would be the closest HO/N model ballast product to reproduce it?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Denny
>> --
>> Denny S. Anspach, MD
>> Sacramento
>
>
>
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