Couple interesting side notes.
Streator- the brakemen on the Fox River motor car were required to take the motor car to the Streator Roundhouse at the end of their runs. The house was a bit north of the depot and required Some switch throwing, etc to get to the house. This activity generated lots of claims for Doing yard work.
Shabbona-go to BRHS Bulletin 51, bottom of page 9 for a late teens/early 20s Plat map showing the Location of the one stall house and turntable at Shabbona. Prior to this arrangement there Had been a "Roundhouse" that burned. Don't know how many stalls. The 4 page centerfold out In BB51 has the engineering drawings for the one stall house. It also contains a local newspaper Clipping chastising the Q for its slowness in replacing the "Roundhouse".
What has long been forgotten was the fact Shabbona was a originating/terminating point For Wayfreights in three directions. It also had what today might be called block swapping, Passenger train connections in three directions,etc. a little of this comes out in the "Shabbona Milk Train" article in BB51. Someday there may be a future article on the "Roustabout" which will Deal with Shabbona ops. In detail.
Leo
Streator had a turn table and rounchouse at one time and am not sure when taken out. It does show on Sanborn maps but often these need to be field checked as they are fire insurance maps and railroads were most often self insured so items do not show or are incorrect
My list in the file section shows La Salle with a 75 footer installed in 1919 recycled from Mendota after a new one was put in there in 1918(85 footer) From my research (reading papers 1890-1935) There never was a roundhouse in Ottawa only the engine house that is there now(or was??) a square two stall house. As steam go bigger on the main lines so to did the turntables need to get bigger with the small ones recycled often to branch lines. Even still often the tables could not handle all the engines Example: Just because Buda shows a turntable in the sign column of the timetable (B.T.W) on the chart the table was only good for F1 with full tender and K2 with empty tender IF you had a O, S, or M locomotive you would have to use Wye (Y) at Zearing or run backwards (Page 17 in Consolidated Code 1967) Steve in SC
Hol,
Thank you for the info.
Randy
Randy:
Here's the Lacrosse Division page from the 1940 listing of Q turntables and roundhouses. As you can see, North Lacrosse had an 85-foot turntable and a 19-stall roundhouse. I don't know which stalls were still standing in 1968.
Hol
<CB&Q Lines East Roundhouses, Turntables, 12-10-1940, P. 2.jpg>
Hi Everyone,
I’m looking for a list of turntables used by the CB&Q. Most importantly the size and design or construction of them. I’m modeling the North La Crosse yard in 1968. From what I can make out from any maps I have of the yard It looks to be a 90’ table. I plan on doing a 6 stall roundhouse as well.
Any help would be really great.
Thank you and a great day,
Randy Doman
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