The bridges at Buda were an operational nightmare. While getting the auto
traffic up off a crossing is nice the problem is the supports underneath were
the problem. In order to set out a bad order they would pull down and set it
out to the north side. Problem is the siding had a narrow center in order to
clear the bridge. So a car sitting on the siding would foul a wide load on the
north track. This was also the track which went down to the depot and in the
70 and 80's the only place to get water between Mendota and Galesburg was at
Buda. You would have to pull down and back in to near the depot. Open it
(Switch lock) and get the hose out of the toilet and run it out to the
locomotive. I know most diesels do not need to stop for water but it use to
happen.
Both operational problems you never see on a model railroad
Steve in SC
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From: GLEN HAUG <glenehaug@msn.com>
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, June 14, 2010 3:34:18 PM
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Re: Bridge at Buda
Paul:
I assume you are talking about the city street overhead and not the Illinois
Hwy 88 overhead. If so, there is a distant photo of it on the top of page 80
of Burlington Bulletin #41, which has an article on Buda, including photographs
by Ira Eigsti. The photo is taken from east of the depot, so the bridge is
pretty far away, but you can make out the design of the pony truss. The CB&Q
alignment chart describes this bridge as #116.92, with a 48 steel span over the
tracks (pony truss) and 5 spans of wood pile trestle. From my recollection of
this bridge, I believe 2 of the approach spans were north of the truss and 3 on
the south.
Glen Haug
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: paul@peke.com
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:21:07 +0000
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Bridge at Buda
Thank you Scott.
I was across the pond in 2008 and followed the mailine from Fort Morgan to
almost Chicago. I am modelling the area from the signal gantry north of the
level crossing to the Bridge sount of the where the depot was.
When I started studying my photos, I thought it was rather modern. I have found
1 photo of a bridge dated 1980-90.
Has anybody got any photos of the earlier bridge?
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Scott A. Stephenson" <rrscott135@...> wrote:
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> Paul,
> Are you inquiring about the bridge for the city street?  If so, I think
> it was 2005-2006.
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> Scott Stephenson
> Geneseo, Illinois
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> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tue, June 8, 2010 8:33:14 AM
> Subject: [CBQ] Bridge at Buda
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> Can anybody tell me when the current bridge at Buda was put in place?
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