I don’t think we have had a post about Signal Cabins that were used in the
Manual Block System Chicago to Aurora.
Many of these were small frame shacks not much bigger than Crossing Gatekeeper
Houses. Some of them were combined with depots or towers. The system started
with telegraphs to pass information up and down the line but became an early
conversion to telephone for train control.
The CB&Q employed women in a number of these Signal Cabins.
Does anyone have a turn of the century signal rules book, EET, or other
document (1880-1910 roughly...I don’t have my reference material handy to give
exact dates at the moment) that would give milepost locations for these Block
Signal Cabins?
Glen Haug and I have figured out the location of some of them (Grossdale was at
Park Avenue before Congress Park Tower was established for example) but we
haven’t found any list of the Alpha designated cabins with their physical
location.
We have both looked at the Newberry and Glen has been working at Baraboo
without finding a lead.
Charlie Vlk
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