The foundry was switched by both the Q and the RI. As I recall, the Q
would setout boxcars full of casting sand. The rock would setout
coke, not coal, for the blast furnace. (or maybe the other way around)
The Q would also setout 50' boxcars at Lilly Tulip cup co, which was
right next to the foundry. Had a heck of a curve and they used SD7's.
Would squeel like mad as the flanges hit the rail!
Rory
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Noel Raley <bnrifan@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> Rick,
>
> Are you referring to the ROCK or BN?
>
> What side of US 34 are you referring to? There was a ROCK track on
> the SE side of US 34 that went through town, crossed over the CBQ
> mainline, snaked through where those huge Gateway COOP storage
silos
> are, and came out by the foundry, crossed US 34 and then finally
went
> around the backs of most of the houses on west division street to
> Bishop Hill viaduct. The roadbed is still quite visible through
> town, even behind west division and across US34 near where the
> foundry used to be.
>
> Btw, did the ROCK switch the foundry? I remember black coal cars
> sitting there (a few of them) some with the white and blue THE ROCK
on them.
>
> I lived in Galva all my life up till 2000, when I moved to Kewanee,
> then Southern, IL where I am at right now.
>
>
> -Noel
>
> PS Sorry for OT post about ROCK on CBQ group.
>
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