Re: [CBQ] Question regarding oil tanks at the old Downers Grove commuter yard.

["Doug Ramsay" <drramsay@comcast.net>]

I have yet to find any old photos of them except from the rail yard side. But I will keep looking.

Thank you Leo.

Doug Ramsay

On 10/08/2022 5:23 PM Leo Phillipp via groups.io <qutlx1=aol.com@groups.io> wrote:

Doug,

The tanks were for a bulk distributor, not the Q. 

Old Photos would be a good source of what brand was carried. Going strictly from my error prone memory of said photos I’m thinking DX and/or Texaco. If you have a copy of BRHS Zephyr 59 there’s an article entitled an evening at Downers Grove which describes a typical evening of switching the Dinkies. There’s yard map that shows a stub coming off the east end of yard 5. This was where a baggage park was set over between runs. This track was the spur for the oil distributor.

Leo Phillipp

On Oct 8, 2022, at 2:01 PM, Doug Ramsay <drramsay@comcast.net> wrote:

I am sure one of you, if not a number of you can answer a question that I have regarding the old commuter yard area in Downers Grove.

I have seen in photos of the yard area on the BRHS Flickr section, somewhat large fuel tanks peeking out from behind locomotives on the northside of the yards. I can also see them close to the track area in a 1970 satellite photo.

My question is, were these tanks railroad owned, and if so, what use were they for after the rail yard had been discontinued. I am interested in the period of the 1960's.
Or could these tanks be from an oil distribution company located alongside the railroad. If so, what company was it. I recently spent a day back in Downers Grove at the historical museum, going through some of their collection of files searching out numerous questions I have, but was unable to come up with the answer in regard to an oil distributor located in that area. Therefore, I am wondering if they were CB&Q use tanks. 

I kind of remember them from my youth living in Downers Grove in the 1960's, but then that was a long time ago.

I appreciate any help possible,

Thank You
Doug Ramsay
Snohomish WA.

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