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David Streeter
On 8/3/2022 1:55 PM, Tom Mack via groups.io wrote:
There are a bunch of late 1960's CB&Q slides and photos posted on eBay
right now from Chicago to Sugar Grove. I am hoping some of the
locations can be better identified.
The following photo on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/144606279416 is
marked simply as "Kane County, IL", which includes Aurora, IL. Does
anyone recognize this spot? Might this be the C&I around MP 39 where
the two westbound lines that come out of Aurora merge together to
single track?
Don't know.
This photo simply says Aurora, but wondering if anyone can identify
where and whether this train would be headed toward Galesburg or
Savanna? https://www.ebay.com/itm/134146815756 Hoping the curve and
bridge in the background might give this one away. BTW, track chart
AU101 indicates the line to Galesburg would be three tracks and the
C&I would be two tracks, so I'm leaning toward this being the line to
Savanna, but I am not from the area.
The bridge is High St., east of downtown. An optical illusion makes it
look like two tracks, but careful examination shows there are actually
three.
This one at https://www.ebay.com/itm/134148711598 is of the NCL, so I
have to believe this is at the place where the C&I splits from the
Galesburg line. Track chart AU101 shows three tracks headed to
Galesburg and two tracks to Savanna. There are clearly three tracks in
the foreground, which agrees with AU101.
I think you are right. The first two tracks in the foreground go to
Galesburg, I believe the next is the Sheep Yard lead, and the train is
on the C&I main, with Aurora siding not visible beyond.
This photo https://www.ebay.com/itm/134145552176 of the Empire Builder
seems to be at the same place as the NCL but from a slightly different
angle. There are three tracks in the foreground to Galesburg and you
can see the signal bridge which according to the AU101 and AU74 track
charts would have been just beyond the bridge over the west fork of
the Fox River. Correct?
Again, I agree.
The train at https://www.ebay.com/itm/144606326197 is labeled as
Aurora, but this looks like single track to me, at best double track,
not the triple track. Might this be also on the C&I, perhaps even west
of MP 39 where the twin track goes down to single track?
That's my best guess, and I formulated it before reading yours.
Speaking of where the westbound track goes from double to single, this
shot at https://www.ebay.com/itm/134146800205 of the NCL seems to be
at the actual switch. Correct?
I'll go along with that, but with less confidence.
This one, https://www.ebay.com/itm/144599871248, is a bit harder to
identify, but I'm thinking it is the single track C&I between MP 39
and 40. The track chart shows a 1 degree curve not too far before
where the eastbound single track splits into two tracks.
Bad link. It might be trying to include the comma.
Finally, there is a shot https://www.ebay.com/itm/144666086716 at
Naperville of a train with a Q GP40 177 in the lead followed by three
NYC units from 9-1968. I know this is probably a long shot, but were
the NYC units still heading out to Lincoln and Denver at this late
date or would this probably be a Mpls-StP pooled train? It's a pretty
cool consist.
I can't speak to the train, but my best guess of the location is River
Rd., the signal bridge being the one near the DuPage River bridge.
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Tom Mack
Cincinnati, OH
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