How about the Sanbourn maps.
--- On Sun, 2/13/11, Stan Maddox <stan@stmaddox.net> wrote:
> From: Stan Maddox <stan@stmaddox.net>
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Jacksonville, Illinois Tower
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, February 13, 2011, 9:04 PM
> I would be very interested as well. I
> am modeling Jacksonville on my layout. Any information on
> the tower or Jacksonville in general, would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Also, was the Wabash tower built before or after the old
> J&H/CP&St.L line northward to Havana was abandoned?
> I am having a difficult time trying to discern the
> J&H/CP&St.L track arrangement south of the tower.
> Hard to tell exactly where it joined the GM&O and
> CB&Q. Sadly, the aerial photos on the ISGS web site are
> just a bit too blurry to discern that level of detail. A
> chart would be extremely useful in solving the mystery.
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Best regards,
> Stan
>
> On Feb 13, 2011, at 10:58 AM, wabash2813 wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have any info they can share on this tower
> as to number of levers, signaling, derails?, who manned it
> etc. It was a Wabash tower and I am modeling a similar one
> on my Wabash but the Burlington and GM&O crossed here.
> Railroads often had a chart for an interlocking that showed
> number of levers and types, signal locations etc. I am
> unable to find this through my usual Wabash sources. An
> interior photo would also be helpful including the model
> board. This was David Ingles' hangout but he does not have
> any interior photos and doesn't remember a lot of the
> details. Perhaps someone knows of someone that worked in
> this tower even in the N&W era?
> >
> > Thanks in Advance
> > Victor Baird
> > Fort Wayne, Indiana
> >
> >
>
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