was a junction between two railroads that had fifteen 90-degree diamonds together? Yep, fifteen.
Hint - the connection was in the southeast quadrant . . .
Ol’ Ed
Is it in Ohio?
I believe this is in N.W. Indiana but I am currently on vacation in Florida and don’t have the Midwest part of my brian in operation and so can’t remember the exact name of the location in question.
Hmmmm…“southeast quadrant”…“northwest Indianna”…Could this be somewhere near Hammond, Indianna?
That’s what I am thining, just over the IL/IN state line?
That isn’t the true Midwest. The true MW is N/S Dakota corridor and the Minnesota Corridor.
East of Iowa is - “Just Over There Apiece”…
Moo…[;)]
In many folks opinion the Midwest stretches from Michigan and Indiana over to IA, NE, MN, ND and SD
That’s just cuz they are friendly and want to include a lot of people…
Living straight north of you, I have to agree. To us, Illinois, Indianna, and Ohio are “back east”. If you live in those midwest states, what part of the country do consider us (ND,SD.NB, etc) to be?[:)]
The part with better college football!
Mookie: To we Illinoisans, you would be out in the great plains part of the Midwest!!
15 90-degree diamonds. That would be three tracks crossing five tracks. Makes me think of the IC running south from Central Station, which as I recall was five tracks wide.
S. Hadid
I will guess that we’re at Joliet Union Depot, where the Rock Island crosses over the ATSF/GM&O. The connection in the southeast quadrant has a pretty tight radius.
I think the biggest Joliet ever got was 4x4–which, come to think of it, is one more diamond than this place had!
I’m baffled–I’m pretty sure a place like this exists only in past tense, and the 90-degree requirement narrows it down a lot more than many people realize.
And, for you, SJ–this part of the country was once known as the Northwest Territory–just where would that leave you, hmmmm?
Math question here-15 90 degree diamonds equals how many tracks crossing how many tracks?
As our puddle-jumping friend Mr. Hadid states, it has to be three tracks crossing five. And the fact that only two railroads are involved (or were) also narrows it down some.
I am not very good at coming up with answers to “where is it” topics, but this one is very frustrating to me. I seem to recall seeing a photo and description of a spot with many diamonds in a fairly recent publication-maybe Classic Trains or maybe a historical railroad group publication. I suppose I could spend a day searching, but I have a lazy streak.
Jay
Chicago.
ed
That really narrows it down!
I’m going to make a WAG. Pennsylvania over the Rock Island (or vice versa) at or near Englewood on Chicago’s south side.