The CB&Q Track Charts tell all that good info Take Buda we have talked about
recently Very top line shows first track laid 1854 second track 1879-1880
>From the top of the chart reading down at the top is the milepost. Next line
>down is the curvature of the trackage with curves listed in degrees and mins.
next line is the grade. Buda sits at the top in a S curve with a grade of .87
Next line down is the trackage itself double track with the station tracks and
jct with the Elmwood Branch which is on the Galesburg Div. Ref. GT 80 in circle
is the track chart in the Galesburg Div book for that area(Buda is page AU85)
Bridges, culverts and crossing also signals
Next line is the rail size. Main 1(north or Right hand side facing west) was
131 Lb rail laid in 1943 ( The track chart date is 12-6-66) with Main 2 136 #
Cont Welded Rail 1961 from Mp 120 to about Mp 117.2 where it starts 129# TR
(laid) 1961 to mp 115.20 where it again changes to 136# welded
Next line down shows Main 1 Speno Cleaner1964 to mp 117 and 117-118 Speno
Cleaner 1966 with the Speno Rail Grinder over it in 1955
Main 2 cleaned 1957 and Speno Grinder in 1961
Last line down shows Slag 1949 from Mp 120 to 118.13 Slag '44 to 117.74 Slag
'56 to mp 116.74 and Slag 1949 to mp 115 on Main 1
While main 2 shows Slag 1951 to mp 117.5 and Slag 1956 east to Mp 115
At the very bottom shows CTC 1966
Ballast dumped at different times would be different color even though gray.
Darker maybe for newer and faded out with age???
Some charts show gravel used as ballast, Cr Rock(Crushed Rock) Cinders Etc.
See Buda Track Chart in the file section
SJH
---- Original Message -----
From: qutlx1@aol.com
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 7:26 AM
Subject: [CBQ] Slag Ballast
The slag ballast was also used on the mainline and the C&I and I suspect many
other places. Per the info. I have in my files it came the steel mills where
it is a waste byproduct and was therefore inexpensive.
Per my notes of conversations w/ a couple old Eola switchen(Wade Gorman and
"Bones" Mathers) the slag came into Eola in C.H.T.S.E. composite gons.for
some
time. At Eola the slag was unloaded at the "slag hole trks" where it was
stockpiled and later loaded into ballast cars for work trains to distribute.
If you look in one of the Q Color Books you can see a picture of the slag
piles at that time. They're the white mountains in the background of one of
the
Eola shots. The slag ballast was in place for many years under BN until they
started using the granite chips.
Leo
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