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Re: [CBQ] Re: yards at galva il

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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: yards at galva il
From: fred starr <frdstarr@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 19:15:47 -0800 (PST)
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Ya i rwemmber unloading some coke there with my exbotherinlaw, as he worked at 
the foundry, also road the dolly to nekoma where i live at the time. Also the q 
would spot cars at the windish eve. and coal cars at garrigans and houghtons, 
also at bregels and best west of town
   fred

Rory Murchison <murchi209@yahoo.com> wrote:
          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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