[RITSlist] Foundation of the first roundhouse in Rock IslandIll.? ??

Tue Jan 15 18:33:31 CST 2008

The roundhouse just west of 34th Street North of  4th Avenue in Moline is 
the remnants of what was known as Natick on the RI and was used until the 
big shops were built at Silvis.  I believe that this has been discussed on 
RITSList before, if you check the archives.

Regards,
Steve Hile
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IslandIll.? ??

> Aha!  So that's what it is.
> I didn't know that there was a CB&Q roundhouse that close to the CRI&P 
> yard.  After doing some searching I did find a photo of it:
> <http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=601005#>
> It seems like a rather odd place for their roundhouse since, as far as I 
> know, this was not an immediate location for any type of classification 
> yard for the Q.  I think their yard was further west of here.
> I realize that this would be a CB&Q question, but does anyone know when 
> this structure was torn down?
> And just an FYI, the foundation and remains of the CRI&P roundhouse that 
> we see just to the south and east apparently is the second roundhouse. 
> According to a map that I purchased from RITS, there was another smaller 
> turntable and roundhouse immediately next to the present site, the map 
> shows both of them. After observing these air shots, I can see no evidence 
> of its existence, that's why I thought the CB&Q site might have been it.
> And of course, just as a reminder, there's the mysterious Moline 
> roundhouse in the scrapyard not far to the east:
> <http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=qxjt207fs3hf&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=8530432&encType=1>
> I suspect that this was originally a Rockford, Rock Island $ St. Louis 
> facility, but I could be wrong.
>
> Joe
>
>
>
> -- trainboy03 at mchsi.com wrote:
> Joe,
>
> You've found the ex-CB&Q turntable/roundhouse.  This one is north of the 
> ex-
> CRI&P roundhouse.  The three tracks to the right with all the parked ADM 
> cars
> is also ex-CB&Q that loops around the north side of the CRI&P yard.  The 
> two
> rusty tracks on the left of the photo go into the old Farmall plant (which 
> is
> being torn down for redevelopment).
>
> The ex-CRI&P roundhouse is long gone and the turntable was removed within 
> the
> last 5 years by the IAIS.  All that remains is a half-filled turntable pit 
> and
> a single stall shed now used by M-of-W.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> --
> Erik Rasmussen
> Coal Valley, IL
>
>
> ----------------------  Original Message:  ---------------------
> From:    "jchall2 at juno.com" <jchall2 at juno.com>
> To:      ritslist at simpson.edu
> Subject: [RITSlist] Foundation of the first roundhouse in Rock Island 
> Ill.???
> Date:    Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:55:06 +0000
>
>> I've spied this strange structure/foundation just north of the freight 
>> yard in
>> Rock Island:
>>
>> <http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=qxjfpf7fmfbt&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&di
>> r=0&alt=-1000&scene=8514561&encType=1>
>> <http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=qxjfpf7fmfbt&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&di
>> r=0&alt=-1000&scene=8514561&encType=1>
>> <http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=qxjgkf7fmfh4&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&di
>> r=0&alt=-1000&scene=114440&encType=1>
>>
>> In a panoramic drawing dating back 1889 it shows a real complete 
>> roundhouse at
>> the CRI&P yard very close to the water:
>>
>> <http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.pl?data=/home/www/data/gmd/gmd410/g4104/
>> g4104r/pm001850.sid&style=pmmap&itemLink=D?gmd:2:./temp/~ammem_qGsD::&title=Rock
>> %20Island,%20Ill.%20H.%20Wellge,%20des.>
>> Zoom in to the left of the picture. You'll have to get used to the web 
>> site to
>> move around the picture.
>>
>> The question is...is the former views truly the foundation of the 
>> original
>> roundhouse?
>> I'm wondering if the now unused industrial spur to the north was the old 
>> main
>> line of the CB&Q (R,RI&STL)and sometime the mainline was moved to the 
>> south of
>> the old roundhouse building once the site was abandoned.
>>
>> Anyone know if any of my assumptions are true?
>>
>> Joe
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