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Nelson
According to the Track Chart CTC was installed Wood Tower thru Illinois Jct in 1916 Wood Tower controlled the K line interlocking at the time But west of the depot would have been ABS with yard limits Ill Jct to Connett CTC installed 1951 all taken over by CTC in the Op Office in depot in 1958 The semaphore for the crossings may have been used without movement and or rod controlled from the crossing which was the way BX crossing (CNW at Shabbona) was controlled with the crossing train first removing the derail then pulling the signal to notify the Eng it was ok to proceed. A timetable for the era you want would tell you the train control method used. I salvaged pieces of the BN CTC machine after it was moved to Galesburg and rebuilt there one shift I was working it. retired Ottumwa Div. Dispatcher 1974(extra board) bumped onto job to move to Galesburg so first assigned in GT 30 Nov. 1984 and worked if most till July 91 (the change from train order to track warrant) Steve in SC From: Nelson Moyer <ku0a@mchsi.com> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2013 1:31 PM Subject: [CBQ] Signals on the Q What signal system did CB&Q use in Burlington between
the Mississippi River bridge and the West Burlington hill in 1953? Wood tower
was still operational then. I have one picture from the late 1940s showing a
three target block signal in Burlington. I think the main was controlled by
timetable and train order then, so how were train order signals given? Were the
target signals in Burlington controlled by track detectors or by Wood tower?
I’ve heard that the Washington branch line was dark, but I have several
photos of the Washington branch line taken in the BN era that show upper
quadrant semaphores with three position lenses, and a single target signal at
the Rock Island grade crossing near Havre, and near the M&StL crossing and
interchange near Winfield. The M&StL crossing was gate protected, with
primacy accorded to the M&StL, so I don’t know why there would be a
target block signal there. I’ve heard that the Q used lower quadrant
train order signals, but I haven’t found any pictures circa 1950 to
determine if that’s true by that date. I don’t know when the upper
quadrant semaphores were installed on the Washington branch line.
I’d like to hear from anyone with firsthand knowledge of the
signaling systems used in Burlington and on the Washington, IA
branch line circa 1950 so I can design the signal system on my layout.
Nelson Moyer
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