John David Mitchell Jr. shared NOLA Rails's photo IC Green Diamond with E-9 #4036 at Springfield IL, August 1966. |
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Semaphores and 3-color lights on the IC. The semaphores would be for train orders because you can see the Iron Man right behind the semaphore pole.
Jeff Williams posting, July 1989 |
Jeff Williams posting, July 1989 |
Peter Zimmermann also posted.
"Starnes" tower controlled the crossing of the Illinois Central Chicago to Saint Louis line with both the Wabash Railway Detroit to KC main line and Illinois Terminal main line. Only the old IC and Wabash lines remain here today as CN and NS respectively.
1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
Mark Barnett posted This is one of my personal favorites of Starnes in Springfield, don't know who took it, but I'm glad it was taken. Mike Nolan Not familiar with it. What is the location? Mark Barnett Mike Nolan Springfield, the train is northbound for Peoria crossing the IC and Wabash on the northeast side of town. Jeffrey L Smith Crossing the 2 track Alton then the one track Wabash. What about the siding in the back was that for freight? Mark Barnett Jeffrey L Smith its not the Alton, the IC Green Diamond route. In the distance is the line to Decatur. |
Scot Wirth posted Three lines are shown here on the north end of Springfield, IL. The single line on the right belonged to the Wabash RR, whose logo can be seen on the right. The Illinois Central is the double track line and the Illinois Terminal curves and crosses both tracks. The IC and IT also had their logos in this area as well, which was known as Starnes Junction. Note the semaphore signal in the foreground. |
Mark Hinsdale posted Illinois Terminal's daily southbound train from Peoria is arriving Springfield on ICG trackage rights. The train has just cleared Starnes Tower on the northeast side of Springfield and is about to yard at the small IT facility there. June, 1975 photo by Mark Hinsdale |
Rich Barnes posted Starnes Tower, in Springfield, Illinois. I have no idea when I took this, but it was some time in the mid '80s. Steven Kent posted Rich Barnes I think I'm the one that took that photo, and it was taken in the mid to late 1980s. Edward Peters Looks like late 80’s. I shot ICG pictures through those windows. |
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David Harris posted Starnes Tower in Springfield, IL - February 1982 Randy James appears to be gm&o gp38-2 in the background David E Harris posted again Looking northeasterly along ICG(IC) at Starnes Tower toward N&W(Wabash) KC main xing. IT once crossed IC and Wab, just a little in front of where I stood to make photo. That's N Dirksen Pkwy bridge, with ICG CK-1 approaching i the distance. Springfield, IL - February 1982 Charles Call: This was my last working station on the ICG. I see a GM&O GP38 approaching and going South. |
Stephen N. Brannon posted For those of this group who worked Starnes Tower in Springfield, here is another view showing the track configuration. Here an IT has just crossed the Wabash Detroit-Kansas City Main and is about to cross the IC Chicago-St. Louis Main. Train Order signals for both IC and Wabash were still the double bladed semaphore type. Classic railroading! Ken Jamin: What is the diagonal track nearest the tower please? Is that the Wabash DET-KC and the IC Chgo-STL is double MT? Stephen N. Brannon: Ken Jamin Correct. Richard Fiedler shared Mike Switzer: Are we looking North or South? |
Allen Miller commented on Stephen's post Here's an order copied at Starnes. |
Stephen N. Brannon posted Southbound IC at Starnes Tower on the NE side of Springfield, Illinois. Order Board is out for both directions, and the engineer's arm is out the cab window ready to snare the orders from the top fork of the train order stand. IC Chicago-St. Louis main crossed the Wabash Detroit-Kansas City main at Starnes. At one time the IT also crossed here. Highway Bridge carries the old U.S. 66 over the railroad action. Dick Vant: Nice to have a train order stand. I didn’t always have that. And I’ll tell you it’s a scary thing to stand there and hold a train order fork to an engineer. Going thru at speed |
Those Chicago & Illinois Midland trains are crossing the ex-Alton (now Union Pacific) at Ridgely Tower in Springfield.
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