[CBQ] Alexander Crossing [1 Attachment]

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May 19, 2017

 

Group - I, as many of us do, enjoy the occasional "oddball" posting about the Q. I've never seen a crossing quite like this one (inserted and attached image) that was installed by the Alexander Crossing Company at Thayer, IL, in July 1909:

 

 

I did a little Internet research on the Alexander Crossing Company and found the following:

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=I6RIAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA497&lpg=PA497&dq=alexander+crossing+illinois&source=bl&ots=OVN0dy3WCg&sig=EuCZGuYTec-D6AXPC1ynkgmoJmQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi9-oy5t_zTAhUYzWMKHUMGDwgQ6AEISjAI#v=onepage&q=alexander%20crossing%20illinois&f=false

 

For the modelers among us who enjoy trackwork, constructing an Alexamder Crossing might make for an interesting project. Best Regards - Louis

 

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL

 

 

 

 

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