- 1. [CBQ] Tracks at Quincy (score: 1)
- Author: bsrls@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:55:02 -0600
- List, I have a question(s) about the track layout at Quincy, Illinois. Due to conditions of topography and the need to cross the Mississippi River the track arrangement was unusual. I made a map show
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- 2. Re: [CBQ] Tracks at Quincy (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Stoll <larry.stoll@cbqrr.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:00:44 -0500
- In 1953 the loop track was removed from service thus eliminating one route for crossing the Mississippi River. In 1960 a new Mississippi River Bridge was completed and it provided a direct connecti
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- 3. Re: [CBQ] Tracks at Quincy (score: 1)
- Author: Kenneth Martin <kmartin537@surewest.net>
- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:46:06 -0700
- Bill, this doesn't really answer your question but there is an article in the 1898 "The Railway and Engineering Review" that decribes the rebuilding the Quincy trackage when they built the loop. It a
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2012-04/msg00143.html (14,260 bytes)
- 4. RE: [CBQ] Tracks at Quincy (score: 1)
- Author: GLEN HAUG <glenehaug@msn.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:55:46 -0700
- Bill: I have been doing some research on Quincy for signals, and I believe I can answer most of your question. The connection you refer to was constructed in 1947. It was a junction between the Gales
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