Rory,
Yes, page 118. Train is leaving the "Ice House" with train
LC and is on the way East. Yes, you see the bridge into the
Roundhouse. When LC goes to the right it will be gone off
the Quincy Main and above the Peoria Line. LC will not go
to the Depot, the Quincy Main will go to the Depot and will
not be above the Peoria Line.
Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rory Murchison" <murchi209@yahoo.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, 12 March, 2009 17:35
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Question on Galesburg
> No is the short answer.
>
> If you have the Burlington Route Color Pictorial Vol 2 by Al Holck, check
> out page 118. You see the wye that heads to Peoria. The other branch of
> the wye is just out of the pic to the right.
>
> In the photo section there is a map of Galesburg yard that Russ posted,
> and I agree it does look like the track goes under or over the peoria
> branch. I just don't remember that at all. I am pretty sure it was level.
>
> There was a bridge that lead into the yard parking/roundhouse area. Was
> there many a times applying for jobs years ago after high school.
>
> Rory
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "zephyr98072" <glenehaug@...> wrote:
>>
>> At Galesburg, after leaving the depot area, did the Quincy Main go over
>> the Peoria Passenger Main on a bridge? The alignment charts seem to show
>> the tracks this way. If so, was the clearance minimal? There would not
>> have been much distance for the two lines to achieve much vertical
>> separation.
>>
>> Glen Haug
>>
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