Re: Hoosier -- Ghost of C&S "Tank"

Posted by Jim Courtney on
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-Water-Tank-at-Blackhawk-and-the-Three-Bent-Water-Tanks-tp11993p14315.html

Mike,

On the valuation map of the grade out of Leadville northbound, approaching Birdseye Tank, there is a sign noted as "One Mile to Water Tank"; on the other side of the tank, equidistant relative to the first sign, is a sign denoted as "W", for trains approaching the tank from the north, going downgrade.

Thus I've interpreted "W" signs on the valuation maps as approaching a "Water Tank".  The valuation maps are pretty compulsive about noting road crossings, even show where power lines or telegraph lines cross the track overhead. There is no road crossing near the "W" sign upgrade above Hoosier on the map I posted above. But like most things in life, I may well be wrong about this.

I don't claim to be an authority on C&S / CB&Q track side signage. On the Rock Island, crossing signs were marked with an "X" to denote an approaching "crossing" to be whistled for.

Perhaps Rick Steele can opine, as he's actually written articles about this topic.