These are such great photos. Thanks to Bob for making them available
and to you for posting them at such high resolution. The fact that
they are not fully overhead (vertical) shots but taken at an 'oblique'
angle makes them especially useful. They're just the right distance
to be able to take in the whole scene but close enough to see what's
there in some detail. In fact, they're sharp and at sufficiently high
resolution to be able to zoom in and really pore over. And thanks for
your commentary and insight into what is shown. For those interested
in Oregon, Leo Phillipp shared some other, quite helpful information
about the track layout, operations and functions of specific tracks a
year ago. It's message #28394, posted on Jan 2, 2008. Also, you can
compare the track chart Steven Holding posted - it's schematic, not
scale, but it shows all the tracks and dates from roughly the same
period as these photos, so taken in combination you really get a sense
of what was going on there almost 50 years ago.
Jonathan
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Mack" <thommack@...> wrote:
>
> 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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