Author: "Bob Chaparro via groups.io" <chiefbobbb=verizon.net@groups.io>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:53:26 -0700
Photo: Structure At The Oswego Stockyards Montgomery, IL Photo courtesy of Jason Cunningham on the Facebook Stockyards & Packing Houses Past & Present group. Appears to be a grain/feed elevator. Anyo
There is an Industrial History blog on the subject of the "sheep yard". http://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2020/11/cb-sheep-yard-in-montgomery-il.html -- Grateful Fred Sugar Ridge Tower MP40 CC&P
Author: "Leo Phillipp via groups.io" <qutlx1=aol.com@groups.io>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2023 20:12:47 -0500
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Author: "Leo Phillipp via groups.io" <qutlx1=aol.com@groups.io>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 17:41:57 -0500
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Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2023 07:37:20 -0700
Leo, it was at least late '77. When I was still braking in the late summer of '77 we caught #74 out of Gillette. There were six cars of cows on the head end. Somebody decided that ten cars of coal at
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Thanks Fred I grew up in nearby Oswego on a farm, and one of my classmates father worked at the Sheep Yards. At one time, the Montgomery Stockyards were the largest sheep barns in the world. [2] The
I worked at Aurora Tower from Mid May'73 until Dec. 31, '73 and that fall we had a train come in off the C&I that would not fit between the road crossing west of town and the crossover on Hurd's Isla
Author: "Leo Phillipp via groups.io" <qutlx1=aol.com@groups.io>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 08:50:23 -0500
Im sure the Aurora switch crew was pleased that their spot time in the depot was interrupted. Leo On Aug 13, 2023, at 9:55 PM, Steven Holding <sholding@sbcglobal.net> wrote: I worked at Aurora Tower