Re: [CBQ] Eola East Yard Office

["Leo Phillipp via groups.io" <qutlx1=aol.com@groups.io>]

I’d call it aluminum or grey. A bit darker than what you see on pole building roofs these days. By the time I was on property there was a Havelock baggage car set East of the office as a locker room and the train register was located there. Not sure when it was set on the ground(pre or post merger). I believe this was due to the need for more office room for Compass and its’ computers.

I should add that the original wooden car was still slowing sinking into the ground across the tracks in the west yard. It was still being used as shelter. By this time it had a fuel stove. It was painted a version of bunk car grey. How I know it was the original is because on the inside west side door trim were recorded the first snow for every year back to 1918. Usually the notation was for mid November. This car was replaced by another Havelock baggage car in the mid 70s.

Don’t forget to model the wide, wooden foot crossing, over all three mains and the running track that was in place between the yard office and west yard car.

Leo

On Apr 7, 2020, at 9:25 AM, Don Winn <donswinn@gmail.com> wrote:



Great!  Thanks, Leo.   I look forward to your article.

One more question on it.  What color would you say it was?

Thanks!

Don

On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 8:56 AM Leo Phillipp via groups.io <qutlx1=aol.com@groups.io> wrote:

Don,

The Eola yard office was built of same material but considerably smaller than Savanna as both the office area and locker room were smaller.

At Savanna the YDM’s desk was in the bay window; at Eola there was no bay window and the YDM sat at the SW corner facing the east yard lead. This building replaced an old wooden building that burned and had been located nearby. There’s a corner of that building showing in the Spoors book with the slag piles also showing in the background.

By the way, recent research has revealed the following about Eola:

- back in time there were 3 YDMs, a general YDM, an east and a west yard YDM.

- there were both an east and west yard office

-there was a shop train twice a day from Aurora transporting yard crews, rdhse. men, reclamation plant staff and some road crews. The train ran on a schedule making three stops within Eola yard.

- the Mexican village was much larger than the typical available photos show

- there was a diner of sorts at the rdhse.

- Galesburg pool crews were routinely tied up enroute there and enginemen slept in the rdhse. Bunk room.

- at times some switch crews worked from the east end of the yard

- there was a massive coaling facility just west of the “J”.

All that and much more detail will be covered in a distant BRHS Bulletin article.

Leo

On Apr 7, 2020, at 8:32 AM, Don Winn <donswinn@gmail.com> wrote:

I've been told that the yard office in the Eola East Yard in the 1960's was a metal Butler building, but have been unable to find photos or drawings. 

I saw this photo of the Savanna yard office in Linroth's Pea Vine book.  Can anyone please tell me if the East Eola yard office was similar?

Thanks!

Don Winn 

<Savanna Yard Office - 2005 Linroth.jpg>

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