Glen and Rich,
Thanks for the feed back. I guess I'm going to have to estimate the size by
using known dimensions for items in the photo to make these. There are a
couple of photographs that will help determine that.
I was hoping that there may have been drawings around, like there was with the
signal huts, etc...
Bill,
I've seen the platforms at Burlington, IA and while they're concrete, they're a
different pattern to what was used at Aurora. Thank you for posting, it would
be interesting to see for historical purposes.
Regards
James
----- Original Message -----
From: "GLEN HAUG" <glenehaug@msn.com>
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 11:00:56 PM
Subject: RE: [CBQ] CB&Q Covered Platforms
James:
The covered canopies at platforms were definitely not all the same. I don't
know offhand of another location where the canopy was the same or similar to
Aurora. You might look at the covered canopies on the north side at Hinsdale
and Riverside to look at those details and get a feel for the distance between
supports, but they are not similar to Aurora. If I recall, Hinsdale and
Riverside both have steel support columns, and the ones at Aurora were
concrete.
Glen Haug
To: cbQ@yahoogroups.com
From: jameskoretsky@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:17:36 +0000
Subject: [CBQ] CB&Q Covered Platforms
Hi All,
I'd like to thank all those that helped answer my questions on the Aurora, IL
depot. I'm moving forward with plans to construct a module set of the depot
located here. I've done the design work, and I'm working on some of the details
now.
I do have a couple of follow-up questions that I'm hoping others can help me
with pertaining to the following photograph:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=231933&nseq=8
Can anyone tell me if all of CB&Q's covered platforms were the same (a common
design) and used where necessary at different stations / depots across the
system? If not, was the one that used to be located at Aurora used anywhere
else and if so which?
Does anyone know of a drawing for these (the pillars and the roof) or have the
dimensions for these and how far apart they were spaced? Are there any CB&Q
stations / depots where the covered platforms are still standing where one
could measure these?
Any and all help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Best Regards
James Koretsky
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