Monday, June 16, 2025

Colona, IL: Lost/Rock Island Junction Tower: RI vs. CB&Q

(Satellite)

Andy Zukowski posted
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and  Tower in Colona, Illinois. 1911
Robert Weber: That's a CB&Q train headed towards Galesburg.
Tim Shanahan shared
Doug Hefty: The former CRIP (now Iowa Interstate) is today a single track and the diamond has been replaced by two switches with the IAIS switching onto and then off of the BNSF main.

This map was back when it was a traditional diamond crossing. I believe the reason they switched to using two turnouts was to avoid the maintenance cost of a diamond.
1953/57 Green Rock Quad @ 24,000

I also included Lock #28 on the Hennepin Canal.
1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

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