Re: [CBQ] Savanna IL crossing (Was: Dining in Savanna)

[ralph linroth <wcman8@yahoo.com>]

Hi Larry and list.  The CP blocking the diamond was a common occurance even 4 years ago when I retired.  They would flat switch their train with a limited number of tracks and would always stop short of clearing the interlocking so BNSF traffic could run.

At that time it was an automatic interlocking and if I recall correctly the CP train (or ICE) would start around 10 AM. most days.  One day they "stole" the signal from my crew and we were on a loaded taconite train and had a clear approach going Eastbound (south) and came around the corner and had a red signal on the diamond (they stole it for a light engine move).  Stealing the signal was not complying with the unlock procedure posted in the release box by the diamond.  Bud Linroth

--- On Thu, 8/30/12, Larry Sallee <lsallee@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Larry Sallee <lsallee@yahoo.com>
Subject: [CBQ] Savanna IL crossing (Was: Dining in Savanna)
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 3:47 PM

 

Bill, we just might have to save that tatoo for another time...

A couple of observations if you're looking for a little train action at Savanna:

CP's train 273 usually has a 9AM call at Bensenville and gets into Savanna in the 3-5PM time frame. Both times I've been there recently he spent some time switching before he heads across the river. He often has DME and/or ICE units.

Both times the BNSF traffic was very light earlier in the day but seemed to pick up later in the afternoon. I don't know if this was just chance or if that's the general pattern. Maybe someone else here who knows that area better than I can chime in on that (Steve?).

While I was there, a CP switch job occupied the diamond for quite some time working the old Milwaukee yard while a BNSF train waited. Not that the BNSF was any big priority move - he switched across the plant before he left as well, but just wondering - is that a controlled or an automatic interlocking, and if controlled, who controls it? I found a picture of the old tower here, which gives a date of 1960. Anyone know about when control of the crossing was shifted elsewhere?

Larry


--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, William Barber <clipperw@...> wrote:
>
> Larry,
>
> Glad you enjoyed Poopy's. It is a bit different! Thanks for posting the photo links. Did you or your wife get a tattoo while there? We are heading to Clinton, IA this weekend to visit our daughter and her family. We may make a side trip to Poopy's and Savanna while there.
>
> Bill Barber
> Gravois Mills, MO
>

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