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The CB&Q's K-Line - Burlington to St. Louis

Structures and Facilities along the K-Line

Burlington, Iowa (Des Moines County)

Wood interlocking tower (from Q-Connection/AMB kit)
CB&Q Coaling Facility - Clamshell loaded, 17' x 52' wood frame pocket, 150 ton capacity, serving two tracks with 6 pockets. 126 ton average daily consumption. Built by CB&Q in 1917. Fire protection via hydrants, Sand from steam dryer in steel tank on tower, air supply from roundhouse.

Spring Grove M.P. 214.2 (Des Moines County)

Bridge 213.37 - single span deck plate girder, 60', over Brush Creek

Bridge 211.16 - twin span through truss, 359', 89 span pile trestle, over Skunk River

Wever M.P. 209.9 (Lee County)

Ft. Madison M.P. 202.0 (Lee County)

CB&Q brick depot, built ????
CB&Q frame freight house
CB&Q roadway buildings
CB&Q coaling facility: Wood frame platform blt by Q in ????, hand shoveled, serving 2 tracks, 2.9 ton daily consumption - no sand.
Stock pens: 3 pens, capacity 4 cars
Sheaffer Pen & Pencil Plant
Plant
Trackside park
- Note the cannon in the center, and the AT&SF depot in the distance.
AT&SF bridge across Mississippi River - Photos and data from Library of Congress Historic American Engineering Record

Bullard M.P. 197.1 (Lee County)

Bridge 196.0 - 2 span deck plate girder, 131', over Devil Creek

Viele M.P. 195.6 (Lee County)

Bridge 195.10 - single span through truss, 126', 31 span pile trestle, over Sugar Creek

Beck M.P. 193.9 (Lee County)

Montrose M.P. 189.3 (Lee County)

Depot with train order signal
Stock Pen Facilities: 2 pens, 4 cars capacity 8'x14' scale, 16'x16' scale house, 6' diameter, 28' deep dug well, 5376 sq. ft. cinder paving.
Roadway buildings: 10'x14' tool house, 9'x34' bunk house, 3'x3' outhouse
Coal shed (on spur)
P.G. Smith Co. Tomato and Pickle canning company (on spur)
Lee County storage of trucks and machinery, oil tanks (on spur)
L.E. Denmire Canning Factory (on spur)
John Noonan's ice house and icing platform(south of depot)

Sandusky M.P. 183.3 (Lee County)

Keokuk M.P. 177.9 (Lee County)

Hannibal

CB&Q Coaling Facility - Ogle coaling tower, built 1926, 300 ton, balanced bucket type, with 4 pockets, serving 3 tracks from wood frame 17'9" x 22'. Ogle hoist with two 1 1/4 ton buckets powered by a 15hp motor. 259 ton average daily consumption. Separate sand house and dryer in a 12' x 12' tank in chute. Hydrant protection.

Old Monroe

Depot, frame
CB&Q Coaling Facility - Car haul, built by Otto in 1904. 200 ton capacity, 24' x72' wood frame, serving 2 tracks with 4 pockets. 42 ton average daily consumption. Lidgerwood hoist with 32hp gas engine in a 16' x 16' wood frame building. Fire protection via water barrels. Sand in pocket chute with Q-built spout.

North St. Louis

CB&Q Coaling Facility - Balanced bucket built by Otto in 1919. 150 ton capacity, 26' x26' wood frame serving 2 tracks, 3 pockets and 74 ton average daily consumption. Ogle hoist with 1 ton bucket and 10hp electric motor in a 9' x 42' concrete building. Fire protection via sprinkler. Sand from 8' x 8' tank with 3 spouts.

East St. Louis

CB&Q Coaling Facility - Clamshell loaded, built by CB&Q in 1919, 17' x 35' wood frame pocket, 200 ton capacity, serving two tracks with 2 pockets. 96 ton average daily consumption. Fire protection via hydrants. No sanding facility attached.

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