RE: [CBQ] Polo,IL ?

["'Carroll, Ed' ed.carroll@heartland.edu [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

Hi Leo,
My father may have been section foreman at that time for the Flag Center work. He would have been known as Jack Carroll or "Johnny Two Scoops." He was all over that area and I remember them hauling rail by hand. He was also involved in some of the Q's early experiments with welded rail. I remember seeing the rails on the curves south of Ottawa being welded with thermite, that was something to see.

Ed


 

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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [CBQ@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 10:53 AM
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Polo,IL ?

 

Thanks, probably right. What a labor intensive and time consuming process !

I once was on a work extra and watched the section guys unload rail off flat cars by hand on the 

Flag Center wye and I thought that was the old fashioned way.......

Leo

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On Oct 15, 2014, at 11:14 AM, "Dale Grice dfgrice@gmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

My guess would be rail. There's some to the right of the track. And with a locomotive coupled to the far end, it could position the car where the next rail(s) would be unloaded.

Dale Grice

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:11 PM, qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Take a look at item #201191822050 on ebay. It's a 1907 photo at Polo,IL. The station and track curvature sure look to be correct. Check out what appear to be section men standing at the end of a stock car on the main. What do you think they would be unloading from the end of the car through that small opening at the bottom ?

Looks like there are many more on the siding.

Leo Phillipp

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