The CGW tunnel did not have a central ventilation shaft. I've seen
photographs of it's west end showing a building called a ventilating
house, so they may be just pulled air in one end out and out the
other. The photos date from 1966 and the building looks like it had
been out of service for quite some time.
Thank you kindly,
Michael Matalis
Downers Grove IL
mmatalis@sprynet.com
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On Dec 6, 2010, at 1:01 PM, Gerald Edgar wrote:
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> Just got the 2 paragraphs below forwarded to me from Bob Weber who
> got it on CGW Yahoo list. Anyone @ that NRHS mtg that can add to
> this excerpt? Responses to this post by CGW fans included wondering
> if anyone had a copy of the various RR's detour routings as one
> poster recalled seeing one on the wall @ M&StL hdq in Twin Cities.
> I happen to have a set of Q routings (prints in book form) showing
> all possible system-wide alternate routes needed due to derailments,
> floods, etc. The fact the Q was taking CGW from Portage to Stockton
> & beyond tells me it may have been due to flooding (or loss of Milw/
> Q crossing) in the Savanna, IL area as normally Q & Milw used each
> other's line between Chi & Twin Cities as needed. Anyone have
> further info? Gerald
>
>
> . . . I was in attendance for the October meeting of the NW Illinois
> Chapter NRHS
> and the story of a Q train detouring on the CGW was told. The train
> was routed from
> Portage to Stockton . . . it was the eastbound combined Empire
> Builder and one of the
> Zephyrs. Five motors were on the point, all Q Es . . . eighteen cars
> with a number of
> domes.
>
> Winston (note: tunnel on CGW in NW Illinois) had ventilation system
> about midway, correct?
> All that diesel exhaust, 18 passenger cars, wonder how smelly the
> tunnel ride would get for passengers?....
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