Re: [CBQ] assistance with photos of Downers Grove - Belmont Rd. station and area

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

June 30, 2020

Dennis - You raise a very important point.  As those of us who either grew-up alongside the Q, were employed by it or were raised in a Q family continue to grow older, there is a whole new set of fans who were born or came of age after the 1970 merger. They have no first hand experience or working knowledge as we do.

I'll be age 74 in August and I'm running into dead ends nearly every month in trying to ID what would otherwise be "easy" images for those who came before us to recognize. The Flickr page welcomes comments and IDs on the images posted to aid those researchers in years to come.  Thanks for your insight - Louis

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL 

In a message dated 6/29/2020 7:39:42 PM Central Standard Time, qchooch=aol.com@groups.io writes:

Louis:

Thank you but unless there is a narrative or a description from someone that knows the area anyone reviewing photos has no idea about what they are looking at.

Dennis

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From: Louis Zadnichek via groups.io <LZadnichek=aol.com@groups.io>
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] assistance with photos of Downers Grove - Belmont Rd. station and area

June 29, 2020

Dennis - There are a number of such photos in the HCM Flickr Page that can be found in the members section of the BRHS web site - Louis

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL

In a message dated 6/29/2020 6:11:55 PM Central Standard Time, qchooch=aol.com@groups.io writes:

Leo and Doug:

How about some photos both past and present for those modelers that would like to model the Downers Grove station and yard area? Or for them to have an understanding or idea on where these facilities were located and what exists there today? Very historic for the Q commuter operations!

Thanks- Dennis

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From: Leo Phillipp via groups.io <qutlx1=aol.com@groups.io>
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Sent: Mon, Jun 29, 2020 5:31 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ] assistance with photos of Downers Grove - Belmont Rd. station and area

Doug,

You saw remnants of the fourth main, you just didn’t realize it . The switch that is just east of Belmont on main 1 and then runs parallel to the main Eastward for a bit is the very last piece of what was the fourth main. The other section that lasted well into the 1970s was at Naperville that provided access to Krohlers Furniture (sp?).

Someday I’ll get around to writing the article for the BRHS Bulletin that’s entitled “The Best Laid plans of Men” about several sections of triple and quadruple mains that once existed in the Aurora division. Many for relatively short periods of time.

Leo

On Jun 29, 2020, at 5:19 PM, Douglas Hosler <dehosler40@gmail.com> wrote:

Thank you very much, Leo!  

I wondered if CTC didn't have something to do with it.  In the period in which I grew up I am pretty sure the signaling (with searchlight signals) was ABS (I recall four "colors": green, yellow, flashing yellow, and red.)  So when I returned as an older adult CTC was operative.

I don't know why I kind of enjoyed seeing a train on the "wrong main" - it made it all more interesting. 

I might add that the only evidence I saw of that fourth track was the very nice service roadway on the north side of the main line and (even more striking) the extra space to the north on the piers of the bridge over the West Branch of the DuPage River.

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