Thanks for the pictures. It looks like there might have been a wye on the Q
just south of IC bridge and diamond.
If you follow the Q ROW across the river and through downtown you will come to
the old ROW of the C&NW which was originally the Galena and Southern Wisconsin.
The G&SW was narrow gauge before the C&NW bought it. They even had a tunnel
at the Wisconsin Illinois boarder.
Here is a link to an old Illinois Topo map.
http://www.library.illinois.edu/contentdm/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/maps&CISOPTR=2108&CISOBOX=1&REC=5
It even shows the CNW line.
Roger Kujawa
Morton, IL
> ________________________________________________________________________
> 1b. Re: Galena, IL
> Posted by: "hicksco2" fullparallel@wideopenwest.com hicksco2
> Date: Fri Sep 7, 2012 7:15 am ((PDT))
>
> I agree that Sanborn maps are very poor as far as ROW accuracy is concerned.
> Another option: for locations in Illinois there are c1938-1939 aerial photos
> available online here:
>
> http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/nsdihome/webdocs/ilhap/
>
> Downtown Galena:
> http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/nsdihome/webdocs/ilhap/county/data/jodaviess/flight4/0bwt2d020.jpg
>
> south of Galena:
> http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/nsdihome/webdocs/ilhap/county/data/jodaviess/flight5/0bwt2d075.jpg
>
> Frank Hicks
>
>
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Harold Huber" <sarge9@...> wrote:
>>
>> Charlie
>> Sanborn maps are the worst go to for ROW the railroad had their own
>> insurance and I have found numerous times the ROW is incorrect. Remember
>> Sanborn maps are for the insurance industry and for insurance purposes.
>> Buildings are dead on. ALWAYS use a secondary source to reconfirm the ROW
>> such as historical USGS maps. Available at a full government document
>> library. State Libraries are almost always a full government document
>> library. USGS is in the process of digitizing them but it will be awhile as
>> they just started.
>> Harold Huber
>> Ultimate Research, LLC
>> Sheridan, WY
>
>
>
>
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