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General Discussion / Bloomingdale/North Line crossing question

« on: January 03, 2008, 10:07:51 AM »

Hi John

I think you must be right, your description of the drop down (to the Sipi spur) and climb back up to North/Bloomingdale Lines level makes a lot of sense and ties up with what is going on in the pictures. Thanks again for your continued help - its difficult to check out personally when you are 4000 miles away!

All the Best

David Murray

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General Discussion / Bloomingdale/North Line crossing question

« on: January 02, 2008, 12:44:31 PM »

SF

Thank you for that info, very useful. Just had a quick browse thru Tom\'s North Ave pix taken on the first day of Chicago Termional operations, see link below:

http://www.chicagoswitching.com/v5/articles/article.asp?articleid=103

These seem to illustrate what\'s going on, back up what you are saying and illustrate nicely the east end of the yard.

Thanks again for your help.

All the Best

David Murray

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General Discussion / Bloomingdale/North Line crossing question

« on: January 01, 2008, 07:42:28 PM »

Hi John

Thank you for your help. I didn\'t do a great job of explaining but I think you did a great job of understanding what I was trying to say!!!

Anyway, my understanding of the track arrangements in question was the same as yours (I think) i.e. the yard is on the same level as both the ex CNW North Line and ex MILW Bloomingdale line. However looking at Tom Burke\'s photos 406 thru 408 in his article CP/UP Interchange:
http://www.chicagoswitching.com/v5/articles/article.asp?articleid=54
you can see the ex MILW MP15AC on a lower level. This caused me to question the height differential.

Can anyone explain the difference in levels?

All the Best

David Murray

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General Discussion / Bloomingdale/North Line crossing question

« on: December 29, 2007, 08:22:15 PM »

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year from England!

I\'m continuing slowly but surely with the design of a HO model version of the ex MILW Northside operations, now on version 7.4. My design starts in North Yard but I have a question relating to the diffferent levels of tracks in the former CY crossing/North Yard areas.

Am I correct in assuming that North Yard is at a lower level than the North Line itself and a line climbs up out of the north end of the yard to the same level of the North Line where it rejoins it and another curves eastwards onto what was the Bloomingdale Line? Presumably the North and Bloomingdale Lines had to be on the same level at this point to facilitate the crossing on the level at CY Tower?

Hope someone can make sense of this!

All the Best

David Murray
Rugby
England

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General Discussion / Ops Question

« on: July 12, 2007, 04:00:46 AM »

Thank you for your help guys. My plan includes both runarounds as you identified: Wrightwood and Goose Island.

Chuck, I found your photo essays particularly useful in getting my head around things.

Can anyone tell me where on the Lakewood branch the strip mall is?

Thanks in advance.

David Murray
Rugby
United Kingdom

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General Discussion / Ops Question

« on: July 10, 2007, 06:22:39 PM »

Hi Guys

I\'m designing a model RR plan depicting Northside switching operations. Time period is recent past, CP ops with Peerless, Finkl, General, Big Bay and possibly Aetna as active on-line customers. I wondered when serving Peerless and Finkl did the crew run the loco around the train at some point to enable it to haul rather than push) the cars up to Finkl and the Lakewood branch?

I\'m designing in HO for a space roughly 8ft x 11ft and although compromise is inevitable I\'m keen to achieve a plan that captures the true operational character of the line.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

David Murray
Rugby
United Kingdom

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General Discussion / Anyone from UK?

« on: February 17, 2007, 06:01:00 AM »

Hi Tom

Sorry its taken so long to reply - work unfortunately getting in the way of hobbies again!

I haven\'t come across anything like this site this side of the pond but we have very little switching and street running action compared to you guys. The closest to the northside ops in the UK, I would say, is the Trafford Park railway system in Manchester but from what I read with the exception of short branch handling intermodal traffic is currently out of use.

All the best

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General Discussion / Anyone from UK?

« on: December 29, 2006, 11:09:50 AM »

Hi

I\'ve just joined as a memeber but have been checking out this fantastic website for a number of years now. I see we have an overseas member from Australia, I just wondered whether anyone in the UK looks in on a regular basis?

David