For a historical(1941) aerial pix of Alton go to:
http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/nsdihome/webdocs/ilhap/county/data/madison/flight5/00sj05060.sid
Jim
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "wmdiven" <Q5632west@...> wrote:
>
> Greetings all:
>
> I've added more photos to my Oregon IL album on the Yahoo site. These
> include additional shots of eastbound and westbound combined Empire
> Builder-North Coast Limited to go with two images already posted; the 5632 at
> speed charging through town in 1960; the Mt. Morris turn returning to Oregon;
> the Eola-Oregon turn pulling onto the main; an E-5 on the Afternoon Zephyr;
> and the Morning Zephyr departing with one E unit, what I presume is a
> combine, and three domes.
>
> I've also updated an earlier photo of a westbound coming off the Rock River
> bridge with a GP-30 in the lead. I dug out the original slide which
> identifies the train as No. 97.
>
> And with the help of someone on the TrainOrders site I've identified a 1965
> picture as being in Alton, IL, rather than East St. Louis. The train has two
> blackbird Geeps and is heading northward presumably to the Q bridge to St.
> Louis. Does anyone know that area well enough to explain who owned what
> tracks thereabouts and whose tower is in the photo? The tower is on the edge
> of downtown Alton and immediately south of the approach to the US 67/Clark
> Bridge. Looking at Google Earth suggests a lot of changes there since 1965
> that may have moved and expanded the trackage while covering much of the area
> with elevated freeways.
>
> Bill
>
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