Ed, I live about 6 miles south of Daggett. Look at a Google map of the IL78 Bridge over the tracks. The house on the southwest side of the road bridge and the old store (now a home) on the southeast side both would have been North of an OLD cut visible in a Google Satellite view.. Look for a tree line that is lower than the other trees.
If you drive up 78 you can still see the old cut and newer deeper cut.
I have always wondered when the line was moved. Maybe before the highway was built? IL 78 built 1924 to 1930 from near Jacksonville to the Wisconsin border north of Warren.
Ron Atherton
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-------- Original message -------- From: Ed Pavlovic <cbq168a@comcast.net> Date: 2/13/21 2:14 PM (GMT-06:00) To: CBQ@groups.io Subject: Re: [CBQ] FT Photo
You think it might possibly be somewhere on the C&I? There were a number of line relocations done on that line which might be the reason for the disturbed hillside.
Which reminds me of a conversation I had years ago with a lady at the Thomson depot museum. She had lived in the house in Daggett where the C&I went under the state highway, and she said she remembered the tracks when they were on the “other side” of the house...
Ed Pavlovic
> On Feb 11, 2021, at 5:29 PM, Leo Phillipp via groups.io <qutlx1=aol.com@groups.io> wrote:
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> Hol,
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> I can’t identify the location but do note the hill side seems to be freshly disturbed or distributed earth and I note what appear to streaks of slag dust on the rail web. Looks like a recently built or rebuilt line.
> From an operating perspective, based on only two units, it most likely is an extra North made up of empties going back to the Pacific Northwest for more loads.
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> Leo Phillipp
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