ESLJ: (Satellite, if the foundation is still there, the trees are covering it.)
ESLJ = East Saint Louis Junction Railroad It was a subsidiary of C&NW.
David Cantrell posted two images with the comment:
Roundhouse map of TRRA shops in Brooklyn, IL from John W. Barriger III National Library, August 9, 1957.And 1938 aerial view of roundhouse from Illinois Historical Aerial Photographs.
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on David's post Thanks for including the link. That allowed me to download a resolution higher than the Facebook copy so that I could read the labels in the backshop. I think the roundhouse on the left in the 1938 aerial was the East Saint Louis Junction Railroad. According to the 2005 SPV Map, it was a subsidiary of C&NW. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on David's post You can still see the remnants of the service pits of the backshop and roundhouse. https://www.google.com/maps/@38.654052,-90.1599628,429m/data=!3m1!1e3 |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on David's post I was surprised that a topo map showed that it was still standing in 1998. So I fired up Google Earth. The buildings are in a Apr 1998 image, but gone in the next image, which is Mar 2002. 1998 Granite City Quad @ 24,000 |
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| David Cantrell commented on Dennis DeBruler's comment concerning the backshop diagram I concluded that the roundhouse on left was originally a Wabash railroad facility based on maps that showed Wabash rails closest to it. Unsure if that is the true origin. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on David's comment The yard to the west of the roundhouse is Wabash. But the lead to the roundhouse appears to be coming form the line that goes over to National City. That line is the ESLJ. 1954 Granite City Topo @ 24,000 |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on David's comment I just saw that the underlying contemporary map for topo maps labels a remnant of track for the East St Louis Junction RR. But it also labels a track with Chicago & Northwestern instead of UP. And the tracks on the map are not consistent with the reality of a satellite image. So that map has some significant errors. https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/topoexplorer/index.html |
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