Bill Molony posted Chicago, Burlington & Quincy class O-5A 4-8-4 Northern-type #5617, passing the tower at Somonauk, Illinois at 50 miles an hour, westbound with train #67 on October 7, 1942. The 5617 was built at the CB&Q's Quincy Shops in 1939. [Note that you can see three pipelines turn sideways around the wheels of the locomotive. There are also some side bars visible down by the tower. Judging by the signals next to the tower, it must also do train orders.] |
These are notes I am writing to help me learn our industrial history. They are my best understanding, but that does not mean they are a correct understanding.
Monday, May 1, 2017
Somonauk, IL: CB&Q Signalling Pipelines
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