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

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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Question regarding oil tanks at the old Downers Grove commuter yard.
From: "Leo Phillipp via groups.io" <qutlx1=aol.com@groups.io>
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2022 14:37:09 -0500
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Yes the east end w/f would work these but also in a pinch if the Congress park 
was in Downers with a cut of cars it could be told to do the work. Same with 
Pepperridge farm

Leo
> On Oct 9, 2022, at 2:22 PM, Doug Ramsay <drramsay@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Thank you, Leo and Bill,
> 
> after not finding info on the tanks at the historical society museum 
> collection, I was thinking maybe CB&Q related and possibly a spot for me to 
> use my railroad owned tank cars on the layout that I am planning out. The 
> Great Northern had a small tank farm not far from where I live over in 
> Everett (WA) in which I have seen photos of with GN tank cars sitting 
> alongside. It is still an interesting possible lineside customer for me to 
> spot cars at.
> Question for Leo, since I know you are very knowledgeable of this area. Would 
> say this industry along with the Hines Lumber yard just to the west, have 
> been worked by the East End way freight?
> 
> Doug Ramsay 
> 
> 
>> On 10/09/2022 9:00 AM William Barber <clipperw@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Doug,
>> 
>> I grew about two blocks from those oil tanks on Seeley Ave. having moved 
>> there with my parents in 1946 and lived there until 1966 when I graduated 
>> from college. I often walked the rail yard and right of way to town. There 
>> were actually two oil distributors adjacent to each other at that location. 
>> One had their storage tanks mounted horizontally (see the photo of 2844 in 
>> the Flickr collection) and the other vertically (see the photo of 2858 in 
>> Flickr). My recollection is that the west set of tanks belonged to Cities 
>> Service (much later Citgo) while the east tanks were Standard Oil. The stub 
>> track, adjacent to the tanks on the south side, as Leo stated, was for tank 
>> car supply to both distributors. However, I don’t ever recall seeing a tank 
>> car on that track. By the 1950s and ‘60s, the supply of oil was being 
>> provided by highway trucks. Smaller single frame trucks were used to 
>> distribute the oil locally. Each set of tanks had a pump house and a small 
>> office area. The track, tanks and yard were elevated in that area above 
>> street level. On the north side of the tanks, the distribution area was 
>> lower at street level along Warren Ave. The railroad had a lower yard in 
>> that area that included a couple of tracks. Going west from the lower yard 
>> was another track that went into Hines Lumber Co. As I recall, that track 
>> continued  through Hines and rejoined the upper yard lead somewhat west of 
>> Hines. Just east of the oil distribution facilities was an older two story 
>> house adjacent to the street. I was told that at one time, it was the home 
>> of the roundhouse foreman when there was a roundhouse immediately south of 
>> the home. The roundhouse was torn down in the 1930s and the last of three DG 
>> turntables was removed in the late 1950s or early 1960s. 
>> 
>> My good friend, Bob Campbell may be able to add more details or corrections 
>> to my recollections of the area. He lived with his parents on Warren Ave. 
>> between Montgomery Avenue and Seeley Avenue from 1946 to about 1963. He is 
>> also among the last people to hire onto the Q as a fireman in 1969. 
>> 
>> Bill Barber
>> Gravois Mills, MO
>> 
>> 
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