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Tad:
This is a belated response, but I was not able to check my alignment charts until now.
I have alignment charts for the lines at Quincy in about 1930, but unfortunately they don't shown any information on the ballast line. The earliest alignment chart that I have seen that shows ballast is from 1956. I have listed that ballast below.
The line to Galesburg from the north edge of Quincy shows slag, which could be gray, with a tint of brown or even yellow.
The B Line of the Quincy Loop and the mainline across the Mississippi to West Quincy shows chatts. The A line of the Quincy Loop was gone by the mid-50's, so I don't have a ballast reference. However you could probably assume that it was chatts at least from
the Lower Bay bridge to Bridge Jct., which was the connection with the B Line and the mainline across the Mississippi.
The line to East Hannibal was cinders from the Quincy yard at least to Marblehead. This would of course be very dark gray, almost black. The line to Carthage and Illinois Jct. was also cinders. I would guess that the wye track from the Carthage Line to the
B Line was also cinders.
At West Quincy, the wye area and the line toward Mark was chatts. The line toward Burlington was gravel. The line toward Kirksville was cinders.
Glen Haug
From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> on behalf of Tad Blacketer <tad.blacketer@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2022 11:04 AM
To: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io>
Subject: [CBQ] ballast color
Hey all,
Quick modeling question. What color of ballast would you use for rural main/branch lines running in and out of Quincy 1920's - 1940's ish.
Many Thanks --- TCB
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