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Sorry to highjack the thread, but regarding the statement "the IC tunnel @ E. Dbq (1 of only 2 RR tunnels in IL, both used by the Q)"
There are a few more than 2 tunnels in Illinois. Also, what was the 2nd tunnel that the Q used besides E. Dubuque? Not counting the Chicago Tunnel System covered by CERA Bulletin #135 "The Chicago Tunnel Story" by Bruce Moffat, here is list of Illinois tunnels in addition to the E. Dubuque tunnel gleaned from Volume 4 of Carpenter's "A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946": CGW tunnel at Winston (NW of Hanover) IC tunnel #2 along the Edgewood Cutoff near Abbott and the longest tunnel in Illinois at 6,994 feet in length IC tunnel #3 along the Edgewood Cutoff near Bristol Big Four (CCC&StL) tunnel at Tunnel Hill There was also a tunnel at Kaolin (near Alto Pass) that was built by the narrow gauge Cairo and St. Louis, and became M&O's (and later GM&O's) line from St. Louis to the south. The line was standard gauged in 1886 and the tunnel was daylighted sometime during M&O's ownership. This info was gleaned from George Hilton's "American Narrow Gauge Railroads". Rick Woods __._,_.___ Posted by: Rick Woods <rwoods613@gmail.com> __,_._,___ |