Thanks to all in the group and off line who responded to my post on the photo of the fourth main. See below Bob Cambell's definitive answer as to the location of the photo below.
Leo Phillipp
Subject: Fwd: 4th Main Downers to Eola-Really Good Old Days on the Q
From: Amtrak347@aol.comDate: July 4, 2016 at 12:29:42 PM CDT Subject: Re: 4th Main Downers to Eola-Really Good Old Days on the Q
Leo -
It's absolutely, positively, Milepost 27 (just beyond the signal bridge,
north of old main #1). There is a photo, I believe in one of the
Naperville Heritage Society's books, that has a photograph taken of a group of
lady golfers standing on the 6th tee box at the Naperville Country Club.
That photo was taken in the north east corner of the golf course, and in the
photo is the white corner fence that appears in the Barriger photo, in addition
to the signal bridge in the background. I know this subject was previously
discussed several years ago and apparently I have lost my e-mail record of such
discussion. I need to add a comment to the Barriger caption to correct my
previous comments with MP36er. Today, the Naper Blvd. underpass would be
in the background, further east (as I recall, this and other underpasses between
Eola and Downers Grove have extended abutments to accommodate a "replacement"
4th main, if so desired by the RR; this would be expensive changes at four
stations!).
Bob
Several
of you are not on the CBQ Yahoo group so I'm sending this separately . This
photo
Is from the Q section of the Barriger library collection. It's
unidentified but the photos in front
And behind are Chicago and Aurora
from the 1930s.
The Q added the fourth main between Downers and Eola
in 1929/30 and took it out in '34.
This is documented in Overtons
Burlington Route and in Aurora Div. ETTS. That I Have in my
Collection.
Looking at the photo the steel mill slag ballast,the pole line
with all those code and telephone lines
The signal bridge,etc screams east
end to me. Also note the ballast on the left hand main is
Lighter(newer)
than the others. The 4th main was on the North side. So the photo is
correct
Unless it's reversed.
I'm guessing this is between
Naperville and Eola but not sure.
Can anyone identify the location more
closely ?
Thanks,
Leo
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