"Truncated" was a poor choice of words. I should have said shortened. The lines from Galesburg and Aurora originally (from 1904 on) paralleled each other from the Plum River bridge into Savanna where
Rich: I believe all of the answers to your post are correct. I have been doing some research on signal history, and while the segment from Oregon to Savanna was not specifically mentioned in early co
I believe Silver Charger was the last regularly assigned engine for trains 1 and 44. I used to see #44 north of Hannibal frequently in its last year, and the 9908 always seemed to be on the head end,
Archie: I saw your message about the Cosgrove Turn. I'm just curious, did this train regularly go to Elsberry, or switch the cement plant at Dundee? The Operating Data Sheets book published by the BR
Duncan: If you are close to St. Louis, the Mercantile Library on the University of Missouri, St. Louis campus has a hugh amount of material on railroads in general, and specifically including Burling
Lenny: What did you remember about the signal bridge (bridges) at Monmouth? Old maps suggest that there may have originally been two (at MP 179.05 and 179.13). I have verified the one at 179.13, but
Bud: I don't think they were for the RRI&StL Main, because both signal bridge MP locations are east of the former depot, and the diamond was west of the depot. I am inclined to believe Lenny's explan
I would guess that there was never a bridge at this location. It doesn't show up on any station maps or alignment charts as far back as 1930. Williams Street is at about MP 19.9, and therefore only a
I frequented the Burlington restaurant quite a bit on Sunday nights in 1966, and I remember sitting at the horseshoe shaped counter. I would arrive on train #15 at 11 PM and eat an order of blueberry
This is a response to a rather old post (2003) from Russell Strodtz, confirming that he was correct concerning the relocation of West Eola. I recently found information in the 1923 volume of the Rail
Bill: Regarding the line into Leavenworth, I found signal information indicating that US&S electric train staff (a form of controlled manual block) was installed between Stillings Jct. and Leavenwort
Bill: Thanks for all of the information on the staff system. Glen Haug Glen, I have found more about the staff system. I found a reference to a Rock Island operating manual. It states the electric tr
Paul: I assume you are talking about the city street overhead and not the Illinois Hwy 88 overhead. If so, there is a distant photo of it on the top of page 80 of Burlington Bulletin #41, which has a
Paul: I assume you are talking about a two bay OPEN hopper, in which case I am in the same situation as you. If you are talking about a COVERED two bay hopper, then I don't understand Bowser's respon
Train 41-90 must have been the train that my sister-in-law rode home from school in 1950-51. My wife (and sisters) were from Hoag, between Beatrice and De Witt, and went to country school thru 8th gr
I never saw such a letter either, but I believe I can somewhat answer the questions as to the grades that Hill may have been talking about. Certainly he would have included the H&StJ main across nort
Dick: Red Oak to Balfour (east of Pacific Jct) was never double tracked. However, there were 5 long sidings between these two points which makes the grade in a substantial portion of the line to appe
James: I have a drawing that shows what you are looking for. I can send you a copy, or try to scan it. Glen Haug To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From: jameskoretsky@comcast.net Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:06:2
Darren: When the lunar was on, the main target was always red. The name of this aspect was "Permissive", and the indication was "Proceed at Restricted Speed through entire block". This type of lunar
Glenn: Here is some more information that may be of some help. This information is from old volumes of the "Signal Engineer" and "Railway Signal Engineer", located at the Barringer Library in St. Lou