Leo,
It is actually photo 336 on page 4 and yes, that is a photo of the fourth main between DG and Eola. Several of us have noted that before.
Bill Barber Gravois Mills, MO
Sun Jul 3, 2016 7:38 pm (PDT) . Posted by: The thread about the Galena depot got me to look through the entire Q section of the
Barriger library photos. I am unable to locate an index on either flickr or the UMSL website. So Look on pg 4,photo 331. It shows 4 very well ballasted tracks with all four signaled. I then went to Barrigers bio. He did spend 1933-41 as RR chief of the government reconstruction finance board. There are many other Chgo and Aurora div. photos in the collection.
Based on Overtons "Burlington Route" p338 the fourth main was installed between Eola and Downers Grove in 1929-30. Based on my of collection of Aurora division employee timetables the fourth main was shown in #75 dated 9/33 and was omitted starting in #76 dated 1/34.
Maybe others know of a different location where there were 4 nicely main tracks ballasted with steel mill slag and signaled but I don't. I'm thinking the shot is between Naperville and Eola but not sure. Given the rural background it's not east of Cicero.
Could this shot show the often discussed and debated 4th main on the east end ?
Leo Phillipp
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