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Comment on Updates to CGW by Jerry Hund

Jerry Hund — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:02:22 +0000

I grew up in Bellwood, Il. a short distance from the CGW main line. I remember when the CGW and the CA&E still ran. It was a sad day to see the abandonment of both lines. As luck would have it, in 1995 I moved to West Chicago only about 2 blocks south of the former Ingalton station on the CGW. As far as I know, the section of track from the former EJ&E east to the Master Halco company (@1 mile) is the only remaining section of CGW track still in operation in the Chicago area. One can see the platform of the Ingalton station today as it sits @ 50 yards west of the RT. 59 overpass. My question is are there any photos of the Bellwood station? Do we know where it once stood? Hope you can help.

Comment on Happy New Year by Mike Miley

Mike Miley — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:05:18 +0000

Thanks Greg. I’d love to help as I see some overlap between our sites. I’m not sure how I can help but I’m very open to the idea.

-Mike

Comment on Happy New Year by Greg

Greg — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:48:04 +0000

Hey Mike, the site is looking good! If you’d like to coordinate with or contribute to the Abandoned Rails website, just let me know.

Thanks,

Greg
Owner, AbandonedRails.com

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Comment on Chicago Great Western – CGW by Mike Miley

Mike Miley — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:21:46 +0000

Tom,
I made a bunch of changes based on your information. Please take a look and let me know how I did. Obviously, there is much work to do yet including adding all the stations on that branch, but I hope these changes are a good start.
- Mike

Comment on Chicago Great Western – CGW by Mike Miley

Mike Miley — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:25:47 +0000

No problem! Sharing knowledge is never critical. The best help you can be is to keep up the comments of locations. I’m planning on updating the map with a bunch of changes (including yours) in early Jan. So, fire away with any updates you see!
-Mike

Comment on Chicago Great Western – CGW by Tom

Tom — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:11:34 +0000

Hope I didn’t come across as critical. I sure didn’t mean it that way.
As I look over Google maps satellite view, I notice that, starting from Melbourne, IA, you can actually still trace the old CGW line North out of town and most all the way to the main line West of Marshalltown.
The section from Melbourne South to Baxter is almost all completely dozed out and gone but, again, if you zoom in and look carefully, you can still make it out. (I would be more than happy to help with this when the time comes, if necessary.)

As an aside, the CGW crossed the Milwaukee at Melbourne as well and you can easily see that old roadbed going both East and West out of town.

I admire this undertaking. Thanks for doing it! Please let me know if I can help in any way.

-Tom

Comment on Chicago Great Western – CGW by Mike Miley

Mike Miley — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:36:03 +0000

Tom,
I’m quite sure the mapping is wrong as most of it is mostly me guessing. Your comment will help me quite a bit!
thanks
-Mike