Wayne Lalevee
posted a link to a photo of a cab unit that includes a tower with the comment:
CB&Q-GM&O tower MI Tower in Brighton, Ill., about a dozen miles north of Alton, guarded the junction of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and Gulf, Mobile & Ohio. Note the train-order signals on a gantry, the control rods on the ground next to the track, and the tool sheds next to the wood tower.John C. Illman photo
I could not find where the abandoned CB&Q went through town until I looked at an old aerial photo. The reason I could not find it was that it did not go through town, it went along the GM&O then crossed it and went south along the east side of town.
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The town has since grown to the east and covered the CB&Q RoW. Knowing where to look, you can see find tree lines north and south of town.
You can even find where it curved to go over the GM&O.
Classic Trains has
a photo of a Burlington Route cab unit passing the tower.
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