--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Larry" <lsallee@...> wrote:
>
> Bob,
>
> Thanks for the correction, and I changed the description accordingly. In
> checking out that location, I also have a going-away shot of the same
> train that I haven't posted, and amazingly enough, I could identify some
> of the same trees in the photo with current trees that can be seen in
> Google street view - 45 years later!
>
> This also led me to solve another puzzle (I think): After correcting the
> location of that shot, I went to look at two of my other photos that
> feature a bridge remarkably similar in appearance to the Columbia
> bridge: one is of a Zephyr (here
> <https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_8sBh7TnLhmpC4ypJc7QptMTjNZETYmyP\
> Jy0liipFm0?feat=directlink> ) and the other of 4960 (here
> <https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/DHuqspm9EFORzJZh4-_rR9MTjNZETYmyP\
> Jy0liipFm0?feat=directlink> ). The bridge in the Zephyr photo bears a
> milepost marking of MP 26.07, and both trains look like they're on a
> superelevated curve (unlike Columbia Street, which is on straight
> track). I had never really taken the time to look closely at these
> bridge shots, but today I actually delved into it a little. Since Lisle
> is at MP 24.4 and Naperville is 28.4, this bridge would have been about
> halfway between the two. Consulting my faithful Google map, sure enough,
> it looks like there might have previously been one at what appears to be
> Beau Bien Blvd, which is now dead-ended on both sides of the tracks. The
> satellite and street views seem to confirm this, with what looks like
> vestiges of an old road right-of-way on both sides. Does this sound
> right?
>
> Larry
> >
Larry -
The bridge, 26.07, in the two photos was known as Yender Road, named after a
nearby farmer on the south side of tracks. The Zephyr is westbound on Main 2
and 4960 is eastbound on Main 3. Judging by the amount of mud on M3, it must
have been during or after the one year disasterous Menk era on the Q. I
believe the Yender Road bridge was removed in the early 1980s; maybe Glen Haug
can give us the date. Yender Road may have had its name changed to Beau Bien,
which is the name of a tavern on Ogden Avenue (formerly Plank Road)in that area
of Lisle back in the mid to late 1800s.
If you have more Q photos, please post them!
Bob Campbell
Bixby, OK
> >
>
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