It seems amazing that the Q could lay over 9miles of track on just 29 acres! I hope someone finds the track plans. Hank -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups
It seems amazing that the Q could lay over 9miles of track on just 29 acres! I hope someone finds the track plans. Hank __._,_.___ Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings vi
If somebody will remind me in about two weeks I’ll have access to my files then and I’ll try to find the trackplan I have somewhere….. Charlie Vlk __._,_.___ Change settings via the
It seems amazing that the Q could lay over 9miles of track on just 29 acres! I hope someone finds the track plans. Hank __._,_.___ Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings vi
Don't forget that at some freight houses the tracks were close enough together that they would line up the doors of the boxcars, put deck plates between the cars and unload them starting with the ca
Bill According to the CB&Q Standard Roadbed Sections drawing, adjacent tracks were laid with 14’ between track centres, including on curved, banked track. This gave a distance of about 11’
I believe that earlier someone said the Q was planning to build a grain elevator with the grain loaded on ships. If correct this will eat into the available. Sent from my iPad Hank -- Yahoo! Groups L
Some personal recollections from 58 years ago and reflections today on this topic in general: As a lad in the 1950's I regularly visited that port and grain elevator operation in the Calumet Harbor w
Thanks for the fascinating recollections! Woulda, coulda, shoulda, aye! Bob Arthur In a message dated 7/26/2013 2:26:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, sartherdj@aol.com writes: Some personal recollectio