Western Railroad Discussion > British Columbia Heritage at Burlington, IL

12/4/21 3115 leads U704 Ethanol east from Iowa brought out a good number of fans on a brish but kinda sunny Saturday.
Burlington, Illinois is east of Rockford on the former IC line Chicago to Iowa.

Bob Jordan

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Nice Pic Bob. 

Really cool shot. Wasn’t there a passing siding in Burlington? Was that town building an IC station?

There is a passing side east of Burlington that starts just behind where Bob is standing.

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kevink Wrote:
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> There is a passing side east of Burlington that
> starts just behind where Bob is standing.
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> Posted from iPhone

Yes, this train went into siding which made shooting easier, waiting for M-338 which is road train to Waterloo.  Show at siding signals east of this location, BD unit is in trees to left.

There was post of station days past elsewhere which the was taken down but looks like it went back into IC days.  The later IC stations were very spartan but some at least were replacements of early stations.

Bob



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/05/21 10:11 by robj.

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New773 Wrote:
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> Really cool shot. Wasn’t there a passing siding
> in Burlington? Was that town building an IC
> station?

Burlington station is a standard IC Type B depot, one of dozens just like it built to replace earlier depots constructed in the late 1800's.   The Type B design was very efficient, construction -wise - besides being a standard plan, it also re-used some of the lumber from the depot is was replacing, an early example of lumber recycling.

- Norm