CN/EJ&E's Kirk Yard, Bill Molony's Photos

Bill Molony is the curator of the photo collection of the Blackhawk Railway Historical Society. The regular Kirk Yard notes where already getting big, so I have decided to create a new set of notes for Bill's photos. I include the "posted" link only on the first photo because that gets you in the middle of the photos he posted in the Friends of the EJ&E RR Facebook group.

Some of the photos include a tall, red structure. I have asked what it was, but I have not got an answer. But you can use it to spatially correlate some of the photos. A blue diesel fuel tank can also be used to correlate some other photos.

Bill Molony posted
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern EMD SW1001 #445 was built in July of 1971.
Dennis DeBruler Given the power lines in the background, is this roundhouse in Kirk Yard?
Bob Tarlini Considering the number of powered overhead doors, I would say yes Gary. Also the 444 and 445 were the first switchers to go with the all green paint.
Joseph Tuch Santucci The 445 had a fax machine in the cab. The yardmaster could fax switching instructions and work orders to the engine. Although the several times I worked the Tin Mill job we never received any faxes.

Bill Molony

Bill Molony

Bill Molony

Bill Molony

Bill Molony

Bill Molony

Bill Molony
Christopher Gobert How stable would that load have been?Al HuberAl and 33 others joined Friends of The EJ&E RR within the last two weeks. Give them a warm welcome into your community! Spur track on the humpRichard Staciwa Jr. It's still the same except for the signal bungalow!Skip Burch That's a diagonal gondola. These were used in the Plate Mill, and they didn't require a form 1000, which required the conductor to stop and watch the load between designated bridges due to close clearances, and certain adjacent tracks had to be clear. 

Bill Molony

Bill Molony
Steven Suhs Coils out of the tin mill going over the hump at Kirk yard.

Bill Molony

Bill Molony

Bill Molony

Bill Molony posted
Dennis DeBruler What was (is?) the tall red structure on the right side?

Bill Molony

Bill Molony

Bill Molony

Bill Molony
Ron Harris That is a jet engine snow blower. The J got them in the winter of '78-'79, when we had over 100 inches accumulated snow.
Al Wszolek Ron Harris is correcft. But if they did not stay over the switch till it was dry the melted snow sometimes would turn to solid ice. Bring on the chippers.

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