Buda, IL: Buda Tower: BNSF/CB&Q mainline vs. UP/C&NW

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Chicago & North Western Historical Society posted
This is a fine composition by William F. Armstrong taken on September 30, 1908. The site is said to be the "Buda Tower" where the C&NW crossed the CB&Q. I am the only railfan in the world who does not know where the Buda tower was once located. Please clue me in.

Larry Kuhn note the utility poles in the right of the shot likely running along the road.

The C&NW crossed the CB&Q mainline southwest of Buda and crossed a CB&Q branch further south. That branch started in Buda and went south to Elmwood. The treeline for the start of the branch is quite pronounced.

1941 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

The mainline crossing of the C&NW was elevated by 1941. Would the CB&Q mainline still be single track in 1908?

1941 Aerial Photo
from ILHAP

Because of the "road poles" and the 90-degree angle, the photo looks like a crossing with the mainline instead of the branch.

Bradlee VanderSchaaf posted
Buda Jct MP 1.65 on the CB&Q and MP 35.7 on the C&NW South Pekin Subdivision.