With the Spring Meet being held in Batavia this year (and only about 7
miles away), would this be a good site for railfanning and maybe seeing what
is still there from CB&Q days?
Larry Owen
In a message dated 1/23/2011 8:52:40 A.M. Central Standard Time,
sholding@sbcglobal.net writes:
Mike
You got it. Remember the elevation was put in with the old alignment still
being used for normal service and there was a full wye between the
C&I(Geneva
Brancy)and the Main Line(used to turn the helper engines which shoved the
trains
out of Aurora westbound) (There was also a ramp between Clark and Benton
Streets
before the concrete bridges were put in) The Eastbound Main was filled and
put
into service on April 20, 1920(the big fill from Montgomery to Rathbone
and
Sard Ave.) (use to cut asparagus along the east side of it) There was a
guy in
the Passenger Dept at BNSF who had been talking to METRA about running the
third
main back thru town and all the way to the Bypass 30 and I told him he
could not
do it acct the fill. He did not even know about it being too narrow for
three
mains.
Look for me in April
Steve in SC
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From: o_rrman <_mofferman@ameritech.net_ (mailto:mofferman@ameritech.net) >
To: _CBQ@yahoogroups.com_ (mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com)
Sent: Sat, January 22, 2011 10:13:40 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Sheepyard tracks
Thank you Leo and Steve. As always, your stories are great! Just so I am
clear,
the sheepyard lead is currently the track that parallels mains 1 and 2 to
the
west through Montgomery? It starts at the C&I main, drops down a little to
the
switch leading into the sheepyard and then back up to where it joins main
one
across from the old Lyon plant? I always thought that was the 'old north
main'.
If so, is the old north main actually down in bowl of the sheepyard
itself? If
so, I'm thinking its the track closest to the elevation - correct?
Here is what Leo had posted a while ago which is what I was using as a
reference
--
"Just as FYI: From the double mainline Northward(timetable direction
based)
here were the track names at the sheep yd:
Old North Main
B/O- any body know why? It's in the history of that track.What happened to
the b/os placed on this track ?
Middle
????????( I cant remember)
elevator
North/South Chutes."
end of Leo's text
By the way - I am modeling in N scale and am using Atlas code 55, so
compared to
the bigger mainline track it should look pretty flimsy...
As always, I appreciate your help.
Mike Offerman
--- In _CBQ@yahoogroups.com_ (mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com) , qutlx1@...
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> And I used to really wonder when I 'd the rail and joints bars raise up
> many inches as the cars passed over.
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> Was always a concern of mine while hanging there with that animal right
> against the boards.
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> Leo
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> -----Original Message-----
> To: _CBQ@yahoogroups.com_ (mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com)
> From: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@...>
> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:42:23 -0800 (PST)
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Rochelle Meat Packing Plant-smells
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> Now come on Leo you know it was held to gether with the weeds
> Steve in SC
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