Wednesday, August 16, 2017

East St. Louis, IL: IC Roundhouse

While studying a satellite image to find the location of this view, I spotted the "footprint" of a roundhouse.

William A. Shaffer posted
Tracks, tracks everywhere!
Kerry Doyle It used to be more densely packed, and with freight houses.
I knew William was riding an Amtrak train over the MacArthur Bridge, and Facebook indicated E St. Louis IL. The girders in the left foreground indicates he is still on the bridge's viaduct, so it was easy to find the crossing on the satellite image. But this track layout is not consistent with the 2005 SPV Map. So it is harder to identify the railroads. But it appears the track on the right was Illinois Central. The IC entered the metro area from the southeast and terminated on the TRRA here.

The photo indicates the curved ramp on the right side of the satellite image is very high.

Satellite
Update:
John Woodrow posted
[Because someone asked why a diesel would need sand, I now pay closer attention to sand towers.]

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