Label: Serendipity, that's the word.

As previously related, I am working on a town named Murphysboro. Located in southern Illinois. It is situated in an area known as the Shawnee Hills, actually the Eastern Ozarks. What is less commonly known is Murphysboro was the unlucky participant in the Tri-state tornado of 1925. The storm was one mile wide. Its effects were deadly. Thirty-five people killed when a roof came down at the M&O shops. Also, five hundred injured here as well.  A school was struck and children were killed and injured. After-math photographs show wrecked houses and buildings. The place looked like a war zone. A tragic time. The M&O passenger station was not damaged. The old roundhouse is now a printing business. Still, I was hoping to find some good pictures of the roundhouse. I looked and looked online. Many were there. None were what you would call a close up. Still, what I saw gave me hope. I felt like I could get the job done. I could not find any with the turntable showing. It is long gone. However, and this is what gave me hope, I did find an old aerial picture of the roundhouse with what looks like the turntable. The picture is grainy. But still, Serendipity! I think this will help me get the measurements I need. As a last note, the main roadbed through town has been started just a few minutes ago. Til next time, a once again elated, omscaler