Newest South Shore poster a labor of love for conductor (http://www.post-trib.com/news/1033015,ssposter.article) July 1, 2008 Post-Tribune HAMMOND, IN -- Ask...
<http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/news/1032713,3_1_EL01_A3RAILROAD_S1.article> Commuter rail issue raised to save EJ&E Leaders look to Congress ...
(Note: Click on link to see poster.) http://www.post-trib.com/news/1033015,ssposter.article Newest South Shore poster a labor of love for conductor July 1,...
To keep things "running smoothly" would mean constant track work on all lines. This is how it used to be done. For instance on Lake, there would always be a...
The Kennedy track job is being done by a contractor. Each weekend a section about a mile long is done, one track at a time. Crews work at least 12-hour shifts,...
As I understood it, CB&Q in the very early days of dieselization went with MU jumpers that were different from anybody else's. In the 1940's when diesels very...
Just an as aside, as late as the 1960's some railroads still had extensive rules regarding which locomotives could or could be MU'd with which, and in some...
Currently, any gallery car can run in consist with any other gallery car. Ex MILW cars run on CNW with the same type of newer cars that run on BNSF. So it no...
... Whenever an announcement such as this is made, that passengers need to change their riding habits, the news media manages to make it look as if the sky is...
As far as I know, all the 700 and 800 cars are still WSMTD owned. The E9's were "sold" back to BNSF for disposition. The 700's that are gone were as far as I...
There WERE 11? galleries that CNW kept for at least a year after rest were transfered to RTA. Some kind of hassle regarding past billing, I understand. They...
... Has to do with bridges on the west line (reason steam excursions were not operated into town), and they feel that the loco fleet can't be treated as...
Speaking of scrappings, retirements, etc., what Metra Electric Highliner I's were 86ed in favor of the stainless steel cars? And, doesn't Metra rather wish it...
... Neither. If it's a large project, plan an intensive period of work and shut the whole thing down and just finish the job. If CTA ever demonstrated...
... In September 1984, I rode a steam excursion via the C&NW to Janesville, I believe using NKP engine 765. And that train had yellow and green C&NW bilevels,...
Plans for South Shore station draw mixed reviews Munster Times - Munster,IN Despite options to the contrary, the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation...
The problem for an MP36 is Chicago Passenger Terminal to Armitage and as far as Central Street, Evanston due to load limits as low as 240,000 lbs. MP36's, H's...
I thought I'd take a closer look at the O'Hare track rehab impact. Being about 3.1 miles from the crossovers east of the River Road Station to O'Hare, it would...
As I wrote earlier, it's not the West Line. Moreover, CNW ran the xNKP 765 and heavier NS 611 (about the same weight as a C&NW Class H & H-1) out of North...
Executive F's hauled the train out of CPT/Ogilvie to Seeger where the 765 met the train and coupled on. I have photos if I didn't post them already. ... In...
Diesels also hauled the train out to Keeler for the 611 trip I road to Sterling. Bridge weight restrictions were cited. ... the 765 met the train and coupled...
Bridge restriction may have been cited; but that had to be BS. Both the 611 and H's had 288,000 lbs on drivers. Milwaukee S-3 261 had 274,000 lbs on drivers...
My understanding was that it had something to do with the bonding of those cars which precluded their being painted into RTA/Metra colors. I would think that...
Maybe someone can confirm; but I remember Northern Trust Bank cast plates on the bi-levels - not a cheap stencil. Larry M <minnman554212000@...> wrote: ...
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