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General Discussion / CMStP&P Freight House #5

« on: February 01, 2010, 10:34:57 AM »

Been looking for pictures in various archives and historical sites of the old freight house at the \"end\" of the Kingsbury line at Kinzie.  All the photos I have are aerial from the MRHA books, and the Sanborn map info indicates 2 stories, but I have not run across any views of the front/back/sides for modeling.  Any help?  Would not want to just make a generic brick bldg if there was some interesting architectural details or style or ornimentation.

Charlie

MLW North Line Fan since 1954

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General Discussion / Chicago vs Chicago Terminal round 3

« on: January 15, 2010, 10:50:13 AM »

Touché.  
\"Da City\" seems to have been caught helping along it\'s case??
(Gee, what a shock . . .) :-)
 


MLW North Line Fan since 1954

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General Discussion / Happy Holidays!

« on: December 10, 2009, 02:35:39 PM »

 


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General Discussion / Grayland spur back in use!

« on: November 25, 2009, 02:09:32 PM »

I\'d bet the tank car has the transformer high-voltage coolant oil in it.



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General Discussion / MILW Swing bridge at Kinzie

« on: August 31, 2009, 10:20:26 PM »

OK, thanks Tom.  The other MILW built bridges do have the lettr-number designations.
Z-2 and Z-6 just north of there.  I have the data from HABS/HAER for those two.

Charlie

MLW North Line Fan since 1954

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General Discussion / MILW Swing bridge at Kinzie

« on: August 31, 2009, 09:54:14 AM »

Thanks Tom!  :-)  Now for the data hunt . . . .

Charlie

MLW North Line Fan since 1954

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General Discussion / MILW Swing bridge at Kinzie

« on: August 28, 2009, 09:45:44 AM »

Forgot to add that I believe that the bridge was gone by the time the HABS/HAER surveys catalogued Chicago historic bridges.

Charlie

MLW North Line Fan since 1954

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General Discussion / MILW Swing bridge at Kinzie

« on: August 28, 2009, 09:38:33 AM »

To All,

I have info on the Z-2 swing bridge onto Goose Is. and the Z-6 bridge at the Bloomingdale east end, but cannot find any info on the (now removed) bridge or it\'s designation; Z-??.  

See MRHA Special Pub. No. 6: Tom Burke\'s \'The Milwaukee In Chicago\' book, page 36 for photo and location reference.

I used The Library of Congress HABS/HAER website for historic bridges and have their info for Z-2 and Z-6 (MILW designations) bridges.

Any help or direction appreciated.

Thanks,

Charlie

MLW North Line Fan since 1954

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General Discussion / Robey St. Yard

« on: March 24, 2009, 10:12:41 AM »

Thanks!  I\'ll check \'em out.

Charlie

MLW North Line Fan since 1954

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General Discussion / Robey St. Yard

« on: March 23, 2009, 10:53:43 AM »

Hi All,

Anyone know where I can find a track diagram?
Any info on adjacent customers by the yard served by the MILW?

Thanks,

Charlie
 


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General Discussion / Buena Yard links

« on: March 19, 2009, 09:47:08 AM »

GM,

Great pics and resource but the \"trackmaps\" link does not work.??



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General Discussion / Kingsbury Branch back on-line

« on: December 31, 2008, 10:57:57 AM »

Good to see the Kingsbury re-incarnated. :-)
New photos and projects always welcomed.

Charlie

MLW North Line Fan since 1954

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General Discussion / FYI - Bill Denton\'s Kingsbury Website

« on: December 18, 2008, 05:19:06 PM »

Bill, are you \"listening?\"

:-)
 
Charlie
 


MLW North Line Fan since 1954

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General Discussion / FYI - Bill Denton\'s Kingsbury Website

« on: December 17, 2008, 03:49:37 PM »

Bill had his N-scale MILW Rd. hosted by AOL Hometown and it\'s now gone.  AOL permanently dumped this part of AOL and gave all Hometown users ample warning over the past month or two that it would be disappearing.  

Hope Bill can find a new host for this nice reference site.
The \"Wayback Machine\" on Internet Archives is broken too - no images.





MLW North Line Fan since 1954

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General Discussion / SEASON\'S GREETINGS

« on: December 16, 2008, 10:38:52 AM »

Don\'t remember.  Just a pic I found online.  Most likely one of the major RR pics websites.

C

MLW North Line Fan since 1954