The Center Siding at Monmouth was often used for westbound pickups on trains
that bypassed Galesburg Yard
One nite working the C&I job which use to handle all the trains from Aurora to
St. Croix. I had a train burn off a journal and it dropped between the
switches of a center siding. I only put out one order. The Main Line between
siding switches out of service center siding ????(can't remember now) will be
used as the Westbound Main. The train crew(5 man crew) using flags ran around
train and pulled the rear back so they could go thru the center siding and left
it line that way.
That was when we had train crews who knew how to operate and were willing to
work
SJH
35 Years a DS
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From: Russ Strodtz <borneo@19main.com>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 7:18:47 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Wisconsin double track
Like too save money on the center sidings.
Another was at Monmouth IL and others.
UP used a lot from the Nebraska all the way
to Ogden.
Many of their decisions there were to save money.
Like the 1965 flood and the Plum River usage.
Russ
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From: "Matt Carlson" <matt@carlsonphotos. net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups. com>
Sent: Wednesday, 04 February, 2009 18:36
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Wisconsin double track
> Was thinking WI only. One other "oddity" would be the triple track - aka
> center sidings.
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> Matt Carlson
> La Crosse, WI
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: CBQ@yahoogroups. com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Russ
> Strodtz
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 6:24 PM
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups. com
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Wisconsin double track
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> Also: St Croix River, Galena River.
>
> La Crosse Marsh was original used as double track
> with the passengers used downtown. Marsh was originally
> freight only.
>
> Russ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matt Carlson" <matt@carlsonphotos. net>
> To: <CBQ@yahoogroups. com>
> Sent: Wednesday, 04 February, 2009 17:59
> Subject: RE: [CBQ] Wisconsin double track
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>> In many places WI-35 is on what was the old row. As for single track
>> sections it is just the three sections of the Wisconsin River, La Crosse
>> Marsh, Chippewa River. Winona Junction segment was DT until the flood of
>> 1965.
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>> Matt Carlson
>> La Crosse, WI
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CBQ@yahoogroups. com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Russ
>> Strodtz
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 7:13 AM
>> To: CBQ@yahoogroups. com
>> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Wisconsin double track
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>> Glenn,
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>> In general from East to North. It was not done at
>> all places until around 1927. Yes, single track at
>> bridges. Much for the lines were also redone to get
>> rid of so many curves so things could be straightened
>> out.
>>
>> Russ
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "ggierzycki" <graz@gbis.com>
>> To: <CBQ@yahoogroups. com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, 03 February, 2009 18:08
>> Subject: [CBQ] Wisconsin double track
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>>
>>> Does anyone know when the line along the Mississippi River in Wisconsin
>>> was double tracked? And is it true that the only stretches of single
>>> track were then over several bridges, such as the Wisconsin River
>>> Crossing?
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Glenn
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