To my knowledgeable friends, full of historical facts:
This kind of knowledge needs to be recorded, and I don't consider
this 'groups.io' list as a long term repository for these details.
There are good places like books, articles and the Burlington
Bulletin for documenting this information. Another great option for
these localized teed-bits is the 'Q Rail Network' on the BRHS web
site.
It would great if one or more of you would add these interesting
rail network facts and notes to the appropriate station web page in
the 'Q Rail Network' feature in the Members Only area. That way it
would be keep long term with other information connected to that
location and more rapidly found and shared with others.
I am too dumb to know which station record (or multiple records)
would be best suited to record this, so I will leave it up to you.
I have pasted a screen capture of the station record for Quincy,
only as an example, to show the field designated to record this kind
of information. Thanks.
PS: The BRHS web is designed to organize and store CB&Q
information but it is up to each knowledge member to help contribute
information to the site.
Use the station search feature to guide you to the Station Details
page. Click on the "Edit this Record" on the right side near the top
of the page.
On 2/15/2023 1:33 AM, zephyr98072
wrote:
The answer is yes, but the name was used at different times.
According to the employee timetables the junction east of the
Mississippi River opposite Burlington was called Carthage Jct.
until 1924, when it was re-named Illinois Jct.
Carthage Jct. at Quincy was the name given to the location of
two switches on the Galesburg Main on the north side of Quincy
at MP 261.55. The name was first used there in 1947. The north
switch was the new south end of the Carthage Main, and it was
also referred to as MP 70.30 on the Carthage line. The other
switch was to the newly constructed (in 1947) direct main to
West Quincy (from Galesburg). Neither switch existed before
1947, because prior to this time the Carthage line ended further
south at a junction with Route "B" of the Quincy Loop, and the
only direct route from West Quincy to Galesburg was via the
Quincy Loop using Route "A" and going past the Quincy Depot and
then heading north up the hill. The name may not have been used
after 1960 when the hi-level bridge was constructed over the
Mississippi River, which resulted in a number of track changes
on the north side of Quincy.
This is off the subject, but CB&Q used the same name for
stations at several locations at different times. Three names
that come to mind are Miner, which was used at three locations
north of Savanna, and Troy and Cleveland which were used at
different locations on the mainline in Iowa.
Glen Haug
...not from Quincy, and from Burlington, that
was my first thought. I did note that the north junction was
called Illinois Junction. So, do we have a case of two
location with the same name?
Dave
Hello Dave, Thomas and
All-
And what do we call the
junction of the Carthage line with the KC mainline at
Quincy, Illinois?? PAW
Hi Thomas,
Carthage
Junction (also known as Illinois Jct.) is
located at the eastern end of the Q’s
Mississippi River bridge, across the river from
Burlington, Iowa. From the research I’ve done
on the Burlington area, this junction was
interlocked early and later by CTC, both methods
controlled by the operators at Wood Tower in
Burlington.
I’ve
attached an alignment chart showing the Jct. and
a photo from the Barringer collection that shows
the only known building and one of the Massey
concrete instrument houses there.
Dave Lotz
Hello,
I'm in search of pictures and information about
Carthage Junction, Illinois; specifically, any
railroad structures that stood there such as a
depot and/or tower.
Thanks,
Thomas
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