Actually this is the kind of information that I totally love! Thanks
for passing it along!
Thank you kindly,
Michael Matalis
Downers Grove IL
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On May 24, 2011, at 12:05 AM, GLEN HAUG wrote:
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> Michael and Charlie:
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> It is indeed at MP 20.78. Also at Survey Station 1096+99.
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> More information than you asked for, but this signal bridge has an
> interesting history. Although it was not placed at this location
> until 1958, it is one of the original 3 track bridges placed between
> Clyde and Aurora in 1913. It has crossframes, which the original 3
> track bridges had, and which were eliminated from bridges of the
> same design that were fabricated later. As near as I can determine,
> it was originally placed at MP 17.74 at West Hinsdale. In 1933, the
> overhead for Illinois Hwy 83 was built which was going to cut off
> visibility of the eastbound signals. So the signal bridge was taken
> down and shipped to the storehouse, and the signals (Mains 1 and 2
> westward and Mains 2 and 3 eastward) were mounted on both sides of
> the deck of the overhead bridge. In 1938, the signal bridge was
> extended 24' and erected at MP 191.61 at Bushnell, over the Quincy
> Main, the Beardstown Mains, and an auxiliary track. In 1955, there
> was a line change at Bushnell that shifted the Quincy Main, and the
> signal bridge was taken down again, and sent to the storehouse. In
> 1958, the control point at Fairview Avenue was constructed, so the
> original bridge without the 24' extension was used for the westerly
> bridge of that control point, and it is still there.
>
> Glen Haug
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> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> From: cvlk@comcast.net
> Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 12:23:41 -0500
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Downers Grove IL signal bridge location
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> Michael-
> According to the Track Alignment and Grade drawing I have the signal
> bridge between Maple Avenue and Washington Street in Downers Grove
> is located at
> approximately MP 20.78. The location is not called out on the chart
> but it that is what it works out to be measuring the print and
> calculating the position between
> shown culverts at MP 20.84 and MP 20.49.
> Charlie Vlk
>
> Does anyone know the exact milepost location of the signal bridge
> between Maple Ave and Washington St in Downers Grove IL. It would be
> milepost 20.something-or-other. I've not been able to find any
> markings on the bridge or signals boxes, at least from the angles that
> I can photograph them.
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> Thank you kindly,
>
> Michael Matalis
> Downers Grove IL
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