Hi All!
I?m passing on a question for someone who is not on the list. I need
information on Yagan Pit on the Aurora -Streator branch (where he lives). Do
you know of anyone who might be at Oregon in April who might have some info.
Yagan is a rather large gravel pit area, and he is wondering what type of a
trackage arrangement might have been there in it's prime? He knows that
there was a siding there, but was there trackage in the pit? The timetable
shows a Q siding capacity of something like 57 cars, but a total capacity of
over 80 cars for the site. Aerial views aren't much help as the pit area is
now somewhat of a private resort area. He hiked the track last year, but
says it is difficult to even see where the siding was. Yagan Pit (Yagan on
the timetable, not Yaegan as many people spell it) apparently did not exist
until sometime AFTER 1922. The land was owned by Yale and Regan, so I have
concluded that the combined names became YAGAN as in YAle and reGAN. This,
was at one time, a fairly large river gravel operation, and there have been
some nasty derailments there. Has there ever been any articles on Yagan in
any Bulletins? Conkey Sand and Gravel, adjoining on the west side of the
property was in operation in 1922.
Thanks for any help that can be provided.
Dave Lotz
Pooler, GA
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