Re: Kokomo

Posted by Jeff Young on
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Kokomo-tp1652p1776.html

Good question, Chris.

In this (1929) picture, I believe the old C&S grade coming into town is about where I’ve drawn the yellow line.  The old depot would be in the red circle (whether or not the building currently there is the same is open to question), and the water tank should be somewhere in the blue circle.  Zooming in shows no water tank.

http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll22/id/9189/rec/13

On my layout I need my D&RGW and C&S tracks to actually connect, so I’m going to keep the C&S “downtown" spur and have it connect to the D&RGW.  The plan was to also keep the D&RG depot and water tank so D&RGW trains passing through have a place to stop (inaccurate as it is).  However, that’s no reason to abandon documentary evidence all-together, so I think the safest assumption is that the tank was never rebuilt and should be the “old” style with an enclosed base.

At least until someone posts a picture showing otherwise. ;)

Cheers,

Jeff.