Re: [CBQ] Color of Wooden Water Tanks

["Louis Zadnichek via groups.io" <LZadnichek=aol.com@groups.io>]

April 7, 2020

Group - There is also black-and-white photographic evidence within the BRHS Website's Flickr Page that some water columns (also known as stand pipes) located at stations were painted either silver/aluminum or white at one time or another. There seems to be no set pattern with some station columns changing color back-and-forth over the years.

The Flickr Page now has over 21,500 images on a wide variety of Burlington Route subject matter just waiting to be viewed. With many of us now sheltering-in-place due to the C-Virus Pandemic, this is a perfect time to open the BRHS Flickr Page Albums and surf the images. Getting back to water column colors, the only ones I every saw were black - Louis

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL     

In a message dated 4/7/2020 12:07:11 PM Central Standard Time, clipperw@gmail.com writes:

Charlie,

Are you saying that Downers Grove had a water column on the main line. Unless it was very early on, I have never seen a photo of a main Line water column at DG. The only water column there was located on the engine service lead, just east of the turntable and adjacent to the suburban coach yard. The column and its water tank were approximately at the intersection of Oakwood Ave. and Warren Ave. A photo showing both the water tower and the water column is available in the BRHS website photo gallery. Search for 4-6-2 No. 2918. There, you will find a photo taken by my dad in the late 1930s showing the locomotive taking on water. I have seen many old photos of the Downers Grove depot area, both with the original depot and the later one and none include a main line water column. The tank at DG was mineral red. The water column, as I recall, was black.

I don’t know about Riverside, but there was a water column at the west end of the Aurora depot that served two mainline tracks. It continued to exist and was operational up through the fan trip era. In the steam era, water was available at the Western Ave, servicing facilities in Chicago, but that was off the main line.

Bill Barber

Gravois Mills, MO

Re: Color of Wooden Water Tanks 
From: Charlie Vlk
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:20:46 PDT 

Keith

Photos are your friend.  Depending on era, mineral red or black.

As to water columns, yes there were some in suburban territory.  Riverside had some between the mains East of Longcommon Road and of course at Downers Grove.  Not sure about Naperville without doing research.  Eola and Aurora had them early on as well.  Can’t offhand think of a East End location with a tank spout but there probably were very early....just so few photos.  Do you have drawings of tanks?

Stay safe y’all...

Charlie Vlk

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