Everyone:
I am uploading three photos courtesy of fellow Bob Reese of Oregon. I
am putting them in the Photos section folder named Oregon, IL.
Bob has been heading up the Oregon Depot restoration and a great
resource for Oregon information. What he sent me has got to be in my
opinion two of the most significant photos to come to light for
modelers of Oregon, IL and CB&Q history. I am uploading two aerial
photos taken August 3, 1962 of the Quaker Oats Company in Oregon, IL.
The exciting thing is that while photographing Quaker Oaks, the
photographer got incredible aerial photos of the entire yard area at
Oregon, from both the north side and the south side of the tracks. As
a result, we now have definitive photos of the track layout and
location of all relevant buildings, including the Myers Ready Mix
plant!!! (I am also uploading a third photo, which is a photo of an
aerial photo of National Silica's Oregon facility shot in the early
1960's. It helps to round out the depot photos.)
The photos give a great idea of the scale of Oregon. For example, it
is clear to see that ~10 cars could fit on the one of the south siding
for the freight house (the track chart says this track was 513' long).
And you can see where the local waycar ended up!
It is clear that sand cars from National Silica were often put on the
track closest to the depot - look at the amount of sand on the tracks!
In 1962 CB&Q was already using the latest batch of gray HC-1C covered
hoppers (built in late 1961) in sand service to Oregon, along with a
lot of black HC-1B's.
There are at least three converted troop sleepers - definitely for
Kable printing in Mt. Morris. Northern Pacific 40' boxcars are
prevalent, and there are a couple of Chinese red Q 40' boxcars as
well. The aerial photo of National Silica shows they received an awful
lot of 40's boxcars - probably for bagged sand. The photo of Oregon
shows a Santa Fe big logo 40' box. The same paint scheme car can be
seen at National Silica in the aerial photo.
Check out the "State of Maine" boxcar! I wonder where that was headed?
And what is that coupled just to the right of the "State of Maine"
boxcar? Is that a two-tone NYC express boxcar?
Finally, take a look at the MOW train. Awesome. And if you look close
by the bins over by the Myers Ready Mix batch plant, you will see that
there are three freight cars sitting there. Which raises the question:
Are those grain bins, or are those storage bins for Myers Ready Mix?
It appears there is some sort of open framework tank that looks more
like it would have something to do with cement rather than grain.
Enjoy the photos, and I hope this gets some good discussion going so
we can really define this piece of CB&Q history.
Tom Mack
Cincinnati, OH
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