Bill,
Thanks for bringing that photo to my attention. I have been on a quest for
photos of the original East Dubuque station for years. Now I have my first
one! If any members have others they are willing to share I would appreciate
hearing from them.
Looks like it must be "train time" since the Burlington bus has come across the
river to bring passengers back across the Mississippi River into Dubuque, IA.
This East Dubuque, IL location was a station stop for the iconic Twin Zephyrs
and later the AM and PM Zephyrs in addition to the North Coast Limited, the
Empire Builder, the Black Hawk, Mainstreeter and Western Star. From here the
"Q" continued its journey north "Where the River Smiles For 300 Miles"
according to the "Q" advertising brochures to the Twin Cities.
Previously there has been some discussion about the East Dubuque depot itself.
It seems that it was actually an IC depot shared by the "Q". An interesting
arrangement since the "Q" and the IC both had their own depots in downtown
Dubuque, IA on the west side of the river.
For those unfamiliar with this location there was a tunnel just off to the left
of the depot (out of sight) that was cut through the bluff. (The CB&Q was
actually crowded in between the bluff and river here.) It was the tunnel for
the rail of the IC and CGW to get across the river and continue west. The
bridge itself, which is out of the photo to the right, was called the Dubuque
and Dunleith Bridge. East Dubuque was originally called Dunleith. Behind
where the photographer was situated and to the left was a road that ran up the
side of the bluff and took a sharp left turn to cross the automobile/pedestrian
bridge that existed before the US Route 20 bridge was built a bit further east
If you continued south and east the rail that the "Q" rode on you would
actually be owned by the IC up to Galena Junction. Just ahead of this location
(south/east) there is a small tower known as East Cabin that controls the
movement of the "Q", the IC and the CGW. The CB&Q would run a switcher across
the bridge/river to pick up the freight going into Dubuque from a small yard
just behind and north of the photographer's location. River traffic had the
right- away here so the Dubuque and Dunleith RR bridge was closed to trains
until river traffic had cleared. It remains a very busy and interesting RR
location. Things got even more interesting across the river in Dubuque as the
Milwaukee Road joined the mix.
As far as I know that small bridge near where the girl is standing with her
bike is still there. I have a photo in my collection from 1965 and it had not
been changed in any noticeable way.
I was trying to identify the small signal post in front of the small shanty
across from the depot. I tried to zoom in on my computer without success as
the image gets way to fuzzy to identify what the post was telling the engineer.
Zephyr speed? Whistle? Mile marker? Inquiring minds would like to know!
Others who attended college in Dubuque (Dubuque was home to three colleges,
Loras, Clarke and the University of Dubuque) quickly identify the road running
out of the picture to the right as the road to the "sandbar". Much to the D&D
bridge operators chagrin it was not unheard of for a college student to have
had a few to many beers trek up the bank a bit to the north, climb out onto the
bridge a bit and leap into the river floating back down to the sandbar beach.
Later, Dave Sarther Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Hirt <whirt@sbcglobal.net>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sun, Mar 2, 2014 2:59 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Barriger Photos Photo IDs
Here are additional photos I have identified this afternoon..
098 - East Dubuque IL. Station name is spelled out on roof of depot.
Burlington bus connection to Dubuque at depot.
102 - Glen Haven WI.
I have entered all of these into the Google spreadsheet.
Bill Hirt
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