There would be a loaded whale belly spotted at Kane County concrete on N. Lincoln Ave. in Aurora,IL from time to time during summer concrete mixing season in the late 60’s and early 70’s. I always assumed the load came from Marquette cement near La Salle. So thanks Fred for confirming my hunch from way back.
Let’s see, an expensive new car moving between La Salle and Aurora, total distance 75 miles. Not much of a rate of return on those move. Hope fully other moves balanced things out.
Leo On May 22, 2021, at 8:51 AM, Fred Crissey <fhc925@frontier.com> wrote:
Tom: They were used in cement service. Most were initially assigned to Dundee Cement at Roblee(?) MO just south of Louisiana, MO. Dundee had several terminals in the Midwest and IIRC one was at Carol Stream IL on the CGW. The routing was CBQ-East Dubuque-CGW. The loaded cars would move via Quincy/Galesburg/Savanna up to E Dubuque where they were set out for the eastbound move via CGW. Mtys moved reverse. Dundee was owned by a Swiss firm and their first plant in the US was at Dundee MI on the Ann Arbor RR. IIRC the balance of the cars were assigned to Marquette Cement at LaSalle/Peru. Fred Crissey
On Saturday, May 22, 2021, 08:05:42 AM CDT, Tom Mack via groups.io <thommack=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 09:51 AM, Dave Lotz wrote:
Q Connection is having a 2-day only phone-in sale!!
- All Brass – 10% off
- QC Whalebelly kits – 20% off
Dave's sale got me to wondering... Where were the Q Whalebelly covered hoppers used? I thought they were primarily cement service cars. My big question is if they were primarily assigned to a certain area/service or were they free runners? In either case, would they have shown up on the line from Chicago to Mpls/StP in the late 60's? -- Tom Mack Cincinnati, OH
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