the 1912 and 1917 ORERS lists a freight connection and junction point with the
RI at Washington Ia
the 1904 ORER does not list a freight connection nor a junction point in
Washington Ia---jim young
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From: Gerald & Virginia Edgar <vje68@hotmail.com>
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, Jan 21, 2010 1:15 pm
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Burlington-RI-Milwaukee Interchange in Washington, IA?
agree with Dave. I railfanned the area while attending U. of Iowa. Also,
hen checking on whether an interchange ever existed @ some locale (short of
oing there & looking for old ROW) is to look @ Official Freight Equipment
egiosters as they cite where ea RR interchanged with other RR's. (or whether it
as by trackage over another RR)
Dave - do you recall hearing that a portion of the old turntable @ Winfield
south of Washington) was put into someone's garage to allow them to turn their
ars?
Gerald
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rom: Dave_Lotz@bellsouth.net
ate: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:05:46 -0500
ubject: RE: [CBQ] Burlington-RI-Milwaukee Interchange in Washington, IA?
Hi Nelson,
Please remember that the purpose of the Sanborn maps were for Insurance
urposes and were focused on buildings, not trackage.
In BB30, both the Valuation map on page 48 and the Alignment chart on page
9 show that the Q trackage did connect with the CRI&P's on the East leg of
he wye. TO my knowledge the west leg of the wye did not connect. These
re railroad documents, so I trust them over the Sanborn maps.
If you look closely at the photo on Page 3 of Rails to a County Seat, you
an see a photo of this connection on the East leg of the wye, and the photo
n the bottom of page 59 shows Dennis Franzen standing where the Q had
ulled up it's rails, whereas the Rock's rails still remain. The ties
ehind Dennis show the turnout at the "top" of the wye, and that matches
hat can be seen in the photo on Page 3. And last, but not least,
hotographically, take a look at the photo on the back cover of BB30 showing
RI loco on the Q tracks south of the Q depot.
When I was interviewing retired railroad employees about the operations on
his line for these two publications, many of them through their stories
onfirmed that this connection existed. One such story was that on a very
old morning crews on the Milwaukee could not get their locomotive to start
nd they convinced the Q crew to "jump" start the loco. To do this they had
o first travel over RI tracks to get to the Milwaukee's tracks as the Q and
he Milwaukee did not have a direct connection. This was all done without
he knowledge or permission of any of the three road's dispatchers.
Dave Lotz
o-Author "Rails to a County Seat"
uthor "Burlington Bulletin #30"
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rom: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Nelson
oyer
ent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 2:04 PM
o: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
ubject: [CBQ] Burlington-RI-Milwaukee Interchange in Washington, IA?
While perusing Sanborn maps of Washington, IA, I noted that neither leg of
he wye connected to the RI tracks. This was a revelation, since Burlington
ulletin #30 states on page 48 that "Here, the Burlington Line connected
ith the Rock Island and also interchanged with the Milwaukee which was
mmediately north of the RI tracks". The track map in BB#30 shows an
nterchange on the East leg of the wye. The 1921 photo of the East leg of
he wye does not clearly show a connection, though the photo is not sharply
ocused and poorly reproduced on page 3 of Rails to a County Seat.
My question is, was there an interchange between the Burlington and RI in
ashington, IA? The Sanborn maps do not show one, thought both stubs of the
ye are quite close to RI track.
Nelson Moyer
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