Here's answers to a couple of your questions:
Yes there was a wye at Zearing and the NYC/Q interchanged cars there.
The Q crossed the Illinois river on a lift span west of the high I.C. bridge
on it's own R-O-W.
The line was abandoned in sections with Walnut-Zearing decades before the
LaSalle portion.
I dont have my track diagram handy but maybe someone else can provide exact
dates.
The I .V. & N. wayfreight operated on the line and per Red Lynch it was a 16
hour a day job right up until it came off. When the line was fully intact a
lot of cement moved from La Salle to Zearing and then was p/u'd by mainline
trains. Also it was common to operate a lite engine from Eola Rdhse on a Sunday
which would operate down the Fox River branch to Ottawa,Streator,La Salle
and then back up the mainline. The purpose was to exchange switch engines
along
the way,replacing one due for inspection with a fresher one.
Leo
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