Re: Hoosier -- Ghost of C&S "Tank"
Posted by Jim Courtney on
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The missing piers may not be the only things off in the weeds, Chris. Perhaps this discussion is headed that way, too!
For what it is worth, the following 1918 Valuation Map sheet overlaps the sheet that I posted above, at Hoosier:
West of Hoosier siding the track makes a loop and crosses Hoosier Creek. Another "W" sign is noted a bit further west. The W sign to the east of Hoosier is north of the track, so visible to the engineer of a west bound (upgrade) locomotive. The W sign to the west of Hoosier is south of the track, visible to the engineer of an east bound (downgrade) locomotive.
If we assume that the "W" signs indicate a water tank ahead (they show up on both sides of many water tanks on the valuation maps), then we might guess the approximate location of Hoosier tank, if it were equidistant from both signs.
That would put it north (track direction west) of Hoosier siding, as marked on the map above. So, Chris, it may be that the road crossing in the photo is not that of the "Highway" grade, but rather the old stage road that crossed the tracks in Hoosier(the double hatched road on your first map). In your re-posting of the photo, notice a pair of cars parked in the distance (inside the loop of the purple "P" of "PROOF". Perhaps out train chasing photographers parked down near the siding, and hiked up the grade to get a better photograph. If so, he or they are standing almost exactly at Mile Post 74, looking south-southwest.
Is it possible that one of the locals, like Como Depot or Jeff Ramsey, could make a field trip up to the Hoosier site? See if any lost concrete footing piers are still around?
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The missing piers may not be the only things off in the weeds, Chris. Perhaps this discussion is headed that way, too!
For what it is worth, the following 1918 Valuation Map sheet overlaps the sheet that I posted above, at Hoosier:
West of Hoosier siding the track makes a loop and crosses Hoosier Creek. Another "W" sign is noted a bit further west. The W sign to the east of Hoosier is north of the track, so visible to the engineer of a west bound (upgrade) locomotive. The W sign to the west of Hoosier is south of the track, visible to the engineer of an east bound (downgrade) locomotive.
If we assume that the "W" signs indicate a water tank ahead (they show up on both sides of many water tanks on the valuation maps), then we might guess the approximate location of Hoosier tank, if it were equidistant from both signs.
That would put it north (track direction west) of Hoosier siding, as marked on the map above. So, Chris, it may be that the road crossing in the photo is not that of the "Highway" grade, but rather the old stage road that crossed the tracks in Hoosier(the double hatched road on your first map). In your re-posting of the photo, notice a pair of cars parked in the distance (inside the loop of the purple "P" of "PROOF". Perhaps out train chasing photographers parked down near the siding, and hiked up the grade to get a better photograph. If so, he or they are standing almost exactly at Mile Post 74, looking south-southwest.
Is it possible that one of the locals, like Como Depot or Jeff Ramsey, could make a field trip up to the Hoosier site? See if any lost concrete footing piers are still around?
Jim Courtney
Poulsbo, WA
Poulsbo, WA
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