Don,
Most of those industries on the BRHS web site is what I compiled
for the NMRA Operations SIG. You can check the Op Sig web site for
updated industry information
<http://www.opsig.org/reso/inddb/> .
It was discussed on this list a long time ago that it appears the
last time any type industry guide was issued for the Q was in the
late 1930's. One of Bulletins (I think the issue where Hol modeled
all the billboard reefers) has a ad from the last thought guide
for Dick's Quincy Beer.
Virtually any industry guide that one will see from a railroad
will only list industries served at competitive points (meaning
another railroad or more served the same town). The Milwaukee
Road, Northwestern and Rock Island periodically issued industry
guides. So the upshot is that industries that might be served by
the Q would be listed at towns served by these railroads.
The problem for you is most of the guides of interest are 10
years too early or 10 -15 years after your modeling time of
interest. Ted Schnepf's Rails Unlimited sells 20 different
reprinted industrial guides. You can see/buy them here at
<http://railsunlimited.ribbonrail.com/Books/shippers.html>.
Ted has 1954 NP guide which lists the Twin Cities industries, who
served them, and what their line of business was.
Another source of information is the Sanborn Fire Insurance maps.
Your local library may have an electronic subscription to them. Or
the main state university's library may have physical copies of
the maps. For larger towns, the maps were updated into the 1950s
and early 1960s. I just checked La Crosse proper and the maps are
updated through 1949 and the whole map set was republished in
1954.
The Library of Congress has virtually a complete collection of
Sanborn maps. They are gradually digitizing their entire
collection of 25,000+ maps. Most of the maps currently available
are pre-1920. This is a link to the Wisconsin map section they
currently have posted online:
<https://www.loc.gov/collections/sanborn-maps/?fa=location:wisconsin>
.
You can also search online. There are people who have posted
various industrial information online or sell guides on eBay.
There is someone selling a 1957 CGW industry guide reprint on eBay
right now. That would have industries in Winona.
Bill Hirt
On 11/13/2019 7:40 PM, Don Nymann
wrote:
Hi Tristan - I have used that link on the BRHS website. It only
lists a few in La Crosse, so I’m not sure it’s the most accurate.
I know way freights ran out of La Crosse, so I’m wondering what
was there that had freight delivered to them via rail? At this
point, I’m looking for all the possible stops between Dubuque and
St. Paul.
Don,
Did you have specific areas that you
were interested in or the entire division?
Tristan
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Date: 11/13/19 6:13 PM (GMT-06:00)
Subject: [CBQ] Industry Listing?
Hello All,
I’m looking for info on industries along the La Crosse
Division in the early 1950s, specifically what was there
for way freights to service. I have reviewed the NMRA
Ops SIG industry database, but it only contains La
Crosse. I have seen numerous pictures and references to
way freights in Mike Spoor’s books, so I know they
existed. I’m just having difficulty determining what
types of businesses would have existed then.
Appreciate any info someone could point me to.
Cheers,
Don Nymann
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