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Glen, Here is an Aerial of the California Packing Plant 109 circa 1949. This was part of Del Monte and was, indeed, on the SW corner of the Q diamond at Rochelle. At this time, the Q/C&NW interchange track was on the north side of the track. It was later moved to the south side. The operation was extensive, and there were additional buildings on the north side (Plant 110 a little further west) and others. Flag Center is at Milepost 86 and the Rochelle diamonds are around 83.7. Plant 110 would be around MP 84,5. Flag Center (or the correct spelling - which the Q didn't use - Flagg Center) is a lot closer to Rochelle than one would think. I'm modeling both of these on my layout. An interesting sidebar, Flag Center is where the Milwaukee Road, using Q trackage rights, would use Q track between Flag Center and Steward Junction to get to their so-called Ladd Line down to Central Illinois. In my 1950 modeling date, they were still using L-2a Mikados for their motive power. Rich  On Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 02:32:28 PM CDT, CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> wrote:
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