Bob Stanage & I took prints & Lee took slides, not sure if anyone else in our
group took photos with a digital but I'll see what I go do with my prints re:
posting. Main problem is I do not have a scanner. The Ham Radio group meets
there weekly and are very friendly. I am still impressed by the fact that this
little depot, as built, had a basement.
We followed a bit of the old IV&N out of Streator as well. And I did indeed
forget to acknowledge you & others in your group that attested to the fact that
Smitty's tenderloins are the world's largest! Thanks!
As for the postcards, I'm glad my Zephyr article on cards has prompted more
interest. We all need to keep an eye out for old CB&Q memorabilia and when we
can obtain same at a good price, get an extra for retail to swap as I did in
this case. The more CB&Q fans that collect & share, the better off all of us
are!
Gerald
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: cbq_bill@sbcglobal.net
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:24:42 +0000
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Streator Spring Meet: Thanks!
Gerald,
Fantastic find! If you took a photo of the Leonore depot, could you please post
for us? I also had the pork tenderloin lunch at Smitty's with Bob W, Larry,
Steve, & Bob H a couple of hours before your group. We rushed back to the next
BRHS clinic without cruising down Leonore's main drag and thus missed the
depot! I will be back down that way in June and will take alook for myself.
Under Bob W's direction, we later followed the abandoned IVN line from
Steator's Broadway & Vermillion along Broadway to the Steator HS. Bob then
routed us west of town to where the IVN cme under a NYC bridge and headed NW to
LaSalle (there was still a "No Trespassing, BN, Inc."). Although in most places
the grade had been plowed under back in the 1980's, the power lines are still
there at a SE-to-NW angle through the farm fields along the abandoned line. SE
of Ticona, there are a couple places where the a small portion of the grade is
still visbile with some concrete culverts. North of Ticona, Bob also showed us
a ravine where supports from a curved IVN trestle are still visible through the
foliage. At this point, we drove back into Streator for the dinner.
I also also thank thee Streator meet organizersfor another great meet. Gerald,
I enjoyed seeing you & Lee again and those were great postcards that you sold
me.
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Gerald & Virginia Edgar <vje68@...> wrote:
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> The best 'surprise' I & the group I was found was going a few miles NW to
> Lenora (on the abandoned line from Streator to Zearing) and finding the depot
> still in place! Now owned by a Ham Radio group and mostly covered with
> siding, there was enough exposed to see the old 'red' on board & bat. Also we
> got to see the inside including the old floor, the 'attic' (all the original
> beams, etc) AND the basement! That was the real surprise - I do not recall
> ever seeing a small to medium CB&Q depot with a basement and it was original
> from the old foundation evidence (and a 6'6" to 7' ceiling - NOT a crawl
> space!)
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> Also 'Smitty's' bar/cafe in Lenora (which is why we drive there for lunch)
> served a tenderloin that MANY attendees can attest to that was approx. 8"
> wide & 15" long - all for $5.50. Would feed a family of 4! Tks again Laird
> Brown & Bob Weber for tipping us off!
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> Gerald
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