Larry,
Thanks for your response. You confirm what I was already thinking particularly
in regards to the what the required grade would have been. The only elevation
data that I have is from USGS Topo maps and in that area they are very vague
about the track elevation in the bottoms area but it appears as though the
gradient would be well in excess of 2%.
I have produced a map of the West Quincy - Quincy area showing the routing of
the Zephyr-Rocket through Quincy for inclusion in the next Terminal Railroad of
St. Louis Historical and Technical Society magazine due out this fall around
Thanksgiving and it will feature an in depth account of the Zephyr-Rocket.
While researching the map the presence of the connection was suggested but so
far I have found nothing to confirm its existence. It is a very small detail
for the Z-R route map but I do like to make my maps as accurate as I can and
besides the almost bizarre layout at Quincy has really piqued my interest &
curiosity. I do not model at present, but if I did this area would certainly
have some attractions to include in a layout. I have a pretty good idea on how
the passenger trains operated through here but so far I can only speculate as
to how freight traffic was handled.
Do you by any chance have a pre-1960 track chart of Quincy showing either the
Galesburg main line or the Carthage Sub in the vicinity of Carthage Jct.? I
would be particularly interested to see the profile elevations. I do have
Hannibal Division charts from 1967 that includes a short piece of the Galesburg
mainline across the river with profiles but not the Carthage Sub tracks.
Larry, thanks again for your help.
Best.
Bill Saenger
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Larry Stoll <larry.stoll@...> wrote:
>
> Bill,
>
> As far as I can recall, that connection isn't on any of the few track
> charts that I have.
>
> The height difference between the Carthage line and the Galesburg line at
> that point, I believe, would have been a bit much for a connection like
> your dotted line.
>
> When the new railroad river bridge was built, that area was redone and the
> Carthage line went up to meet the Galesburg line which came down a bit.
>
> I don't believe the connection ever existed, but I may be wrong.
>
> Are you modelling the Carthage line?
>
> Larry Stoll
>
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 3:09 PM, <bsrls@...> wrote:
>
> > List,
> >
> > I have a question(s) about the track layout at Quincy, Illinois. Due to
> > conditions of topography and the need to cross the Mississippi River the
> > track arrangement was unusual. I made a map showing the basic track layout
> > based on a CB&Q Valuation Section Map from 1919. This map is the only
> > document that I have showing this area prior to the 1960's. A copy is
> > posted to the files section in a Folder titled "Quincy Tracks".
> >
> > In 1953 the loop track was removed from service thus eliminating one route
> > for crossing the Mississippi River. In 1960 a new Mississippi River Bridge
> > was completed and it provided a direct connection with the mainline from
> > Galesburg.
> >
> > It has been suggested that there was a connecting track between the main
> > line from Galesburg to the Carthage Subdivision track just north of
> > Carthage Junction at some time prior to 1960. This connection is shown as
> > a dashed line on my map and is not shown on the 1919 CB&Q map.
> >
> > Such a connection would make sense allowing trains to cross the river
> > without going through the Quincy Terminal area except that it would have
> > had to run from the top of the bluff to the bottoms in a relatively short
> > distance likely requiring a very steep grade.
> >
> > So, the questions are did such a connection ever exist? If so, when? If
> > not, would the resulting steepness been a reason to precluded its use.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help with these questions.
> >
> > Best,
> > Bill Saenger
> >
> >
> >
> >
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