Thanks for the info, it pretty much clears it up for me. I have a
feeling that this fellow had talked with someone whose memory mixed up
the spur track to the elevator that used to be where the fire station
is now with an extension of the double track.
Thank you kindly,
Michael Matalis
Downers Grove IL
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On Mar 22, 2011, at 3:45 PM, GLEN HAUG wrote:
>
> Michael:
>
> Below is information that I copied from the Q's station map and R/W
> map. This doesn't dispel the claim that at one time the double
> track extended further east, but it does reflect the record of where
> the 2nd main started at the time the information was placed on the
> map.
>
> At the point of switch where the Milwaukee main (the Q actually
> owned the switch) joined the Q's track at Survey Station 4109+13.4,
> there was an added reference which stated "End Side Track, Begin
> Main Track", so it should have been this point where the Q divided
> mileage between main track and side track. This SS calculates to MP
> 77.8248 and is shown as MP 77.83 on the alignment charts which you
> may or may not be familiar with.
>
> Engineering and Operating records are not always consistent, but
> this reference makes sense to me, because it would make clear to
> Milwaukee train crews that they were operating on a main track and
> not a side track from a point west of this switch. From a practical
> standpoint for the benefit of Q trains, the end of double track
> might have been considered to be the point at which Q trains would
> enter double track, or the easterly switch of the Left-Hand westerly
> crossover, which was at SS 4111+63.9 (calculated as MP 77.8722, and
> shown at MP 77.86 on the alignment charts). If you have an
> alignment chart, note that the second main was smaller rail (90#)
> between the Milwaukee switch and this crossover.
>
> In early April, I will be looking at some old C&A Division
> timetables at the Newberry Library, and will try to remember to look
> up a reference to what the old timetables show for the end of double
> track.
>
> Glen Haug
>
>
>
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> From: mmatalis@sprynet.com
> Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:37:39 -0500
> Subject: [CBQ] Rochelle IL double track
>
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> Last weekend while fanning at Steward IL I met a fellow who asked if I
> could confirm a story he'd heard that the Q's double track thru
> Rochelle had once extended into, and perhaps even thru Steward for a
> short distance. Honestly I've never heard this, I had always assumed
> that the double track ended at the former junction with the Milwaukee
> Rd on the north side, but I was wondering if anyone knew better.
>
> Thank you kindly,
>
> Michael Matalis
> Downers Grove IL
>
> You can see my railroad photography blog at
> http://www.chasingheavymetal.com/blog/
> You can see my photos and my ugly mug at
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/prairierailfan/collections/
>
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