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101. Re: [CBQ] Barstow IL (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:15:28 -0500; That's what both myself and the friend I'm researching this for think, there's not too many other Barstow's out there. He also had Strong City KS named after him, so all he needed was a town to be na; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-10/msg00146.html (12,494 bytes)
102. Re: [CBQ] LaCross Wisc (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:42:53 -0500; I the current issue of Classic TRains; Fall 2011 Thank you kindly, Michael Matalis Downers Grove IL You can see my railroad photography blog at http://www.chasingheavymetal.com/blog/ You can see my p; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-09/msg00133.html (11,730 bytes)
103. Re: [CBQ] BB 47 arrived on Fox River Branch (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:54:07 -0500; I sort of doubt it, this way the BNSF gets the lions share of revenue without the switching costs. Thank you kindly, Michael Matalis Downers Grove IL You can see my railroad photography blog at http:; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-08/msg00083.html (11,370 bytes)
104. Re: [CBQ] Zephyr Route Trip (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:18:58 -0500; I remember taking a trip like this as a kid, probably my only nonAmtrak trip that I made except for commuters! BTW, it was lots of fun even though it poured rain during the river boat ride, but you c; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-08/msg00215.html (11,684 bytes)
105. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 10:03:23 -0500; This is just a sheer guess on my part, maybe the perforated section was to be pasted to the end of the shipping box. Thank you kindly, Michael Matalis Downers Grove IL You can see my railroad photogr; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00031.html (14,216 bytes)
106. Re: [CBQ] Commuter Operations (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:32:33 -0500; One possibility for the increased presence is Chicago Fest. They may be figuring that if they make a visible show of force people who may have continued partying beyond the fest's grounds will be les; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00142.html (12,369 bytes)
107. Re: [CBQ] Ostriches? (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:06:33 -0500; Maybe no one want to stick their neck out on this! It does sound like an odd obsession with ostriches. Did the Q have any giraffe cars? :^) Thank you kindly, Michael Matalis Downers Grove IL You can; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00145.html (13,589 bytes)
108. [CBQ] Trying to remember (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 14:31:04 -0500; A friend of mine and I was reminiscing about growing up in Downers Grove IL in the 1960's and we both seem to remember the CB&Q displaying a gaudily painted steam engine of either 4-4-0 or 4-6-0 line; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-05/msg00042.html (10,774 bytes)
109. [CBQ] Downers Grove IL signal bridge location (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 09:15:22 -0500; Does anyone know the exact milepost location of the signal bridge between Maple Ave and Washington St in Downers Grove IL. It would be milepost 20.something-or-other. I've not been able to find any m; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-05/msg00083.html (10,862 bytes)
110. Re: [CBQ] Downers Grove IL signal bridge location (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 12:50:27 -0500; Thank you very much, just eyeballing the area I figured that it was something like 20.8. I really do appreciate your effort. Thank you kindly, Michael Matalis Downers Grove IL You can see my railroad; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-05/msg00085.html (12,605 bytes)
111. Re: [CBQ] Downers Grove IL signal bridge location (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 08:29:27 -0500; Actually this is the kind of information that I totally love! Thanks for passing it along! Thank you kindly, Michael Matalis Downers Grove IL You can see my railroad photography blog at http://www.ch; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-05/msg00087.html (14,858 bytes)
112. [CBQ] CB&Q Aurora Branch industries in Batavia IL (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 08:29:26 -0500; Photos were recently posted of some abandoned trackage on the east side of the Fox River in Batavia IL: On the upper right side of each photo page is a map that if you click on it opens a window disp; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-05/msg00102.html (12,084 bytes)
113. Re: [CBQ] CB&Q Aurora Branch industries in Batavia IL (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 12:14:35 -0500; Thanks for the link, the Batavia map clearly shows the C&NW line on the east side of the river. Thank you kindly, Michael Matalis Downers Grove IL You can see my railroad photography blog at http://w; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-05/msg00127.html (11,874 bytes)
114. Re: [CBQ] Switch Key Question (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 22:38:46 -0500; Probably for the same reason that many of my house keys are brass, they are easy to cut. And if they are made badly, like the idiot who set up my original front door key with a deep notch at its base; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-04/msg00029.html (12,092 bytes)
115. [CBQ] Found on the web (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:25:43 -0500; 1917 college engineering thesis to eliminate the Maple Ave grade crossing in Downers Grove IL with a subway. Click on "Read Online" to view. http://www.archive.org/details/eliminationofgra00newm 99%; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00164.html (10,610 bytes)
116. Re: [CBQ] Found on the web (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:07:45 -0500; East of the proposed subway and just south of the tracks is a very small notation, "8 inch tile to East Grove". The map does not extend all the way to Fairview Ave, so the station itself is not shown; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00167.html (13,068 bytes)
117. [CBQ] Rochelle IL double track (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:37:39 -0500; Last weekend while fanning at Steward IL I met a fellow who asked if I could confirm a story he'd heard that the Q's double track thru Rochelle had once extended into, and perhaps even thru Steward f; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00215.html (10,639 bytes)
118. Re: [CBQ] Rochelle,Il Double track (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:02:15 -0500; The way he phrased it was that the double track extended all the way into town or just beyond it, which I took to mean with no interruption. The fellow was a bit odd, first off he asked this very det; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00217.html (11,844 bytes)
119. Re: [CBQ] Rochelle IL double track (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:02:10 -0500; Thanks for the info, it pretty much clears it up for me. I have a feeling that this fellow had talked with someone whose memory mixed up the spur track to the elevator that used to be where the fire; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00219.html (14,906 bytes)
120. Re: [CBQ] Triple track (score: 1): Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>; Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:39:12 -0600; No, it was actually Downers Grove-Eola. This question came up a couple years back and I authoritatively "pooh-poohed" the idea, only to be gently and firmly set straight by members who knew better an; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-02/msg00134.html (12,524 bytes)

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