Englewood Station

[pullman jct]

CSSHEGEWISCH

I'm puzzled.  I have three younger brothers who were Scouts (Two Eagles and a Life Scout) so I know that the closest railroad to Owasippe was C&O/PM, which used the 63rd St. station by St. Rita HS.  Also, diesels in the 50's would rule out GTW at Little Englewood.

 Not to mention that GTW didn't use the C&WI Englewood Station. GTW trains left C&WI tracks at 47th St. They had their own station on 63rd St called Chicago Lawn.

[richhotrain]

pullman jct

CSSHEGEWISCH

I'm puzzled.  I have three younger brothers who were Scouts (Two Eagles and a Life Scout) so I know that the closest railroad to Owasippe was C&O/PM, which used the 63rd St. station by St. Rita HS.  Also, diesels in the 50's would rule out GTW at Little Englewood.

 Not to mention that GTW didn't use the C&WI Englewood Station. GTW trains left C&WI tracks at 47th St. They had their own station on 63rd St called Chicago Lawn.

That's the station at 63rd and Central Park that was mentioned earlier in this thread.

When I was a kid before my parents owned a car in the late 40s and early 50s, we took a train to South Bend Indiana to visit my Dad's brother and his family.  We rode on a train headed by a steam engine.  We lived on the near southwest side of Chicago at 60th and Western.  My parents are gone now, and for the life of me, I cannot remember where we boarded the train or what line it was.  But, my guess is that it was the GTW.  Did that train run to South Bend?  Maybe we took the streetcar on 63rd Street to the Chicago Lawn station?   Or, if it were the GTW, could we have gone downtown and boarded at Dearborn Station?  Or was it the NYC out of LaSalle Street Station?  That is a mystery I may never solve.

Rich

[pullman jct]

Rich,

GTW trains stopped in South Bend. You lived fairly close to Chicago Lawn. That would be a good guess for your departure point.

Bob

[D.Bernie]

While I made it a point to get to Englewood and Little Englewood somewhat frequently as a boy, I lived nearest to the Woodlawn station on the ICRR, riding the electrics to and from the Loop and later the City of NO, Louisianne and the Seminole to Champaign for the U of I. I lived at 6431 Harper, two blocks from the IC and attended school at St. Cyril and (to the lament of those who attended St. Rita) I went to Mt. Carmel which was backed up against the tracks. Several Saturday mornings a year were spent visiting all the downtown stations: Central, Dearborn, LaSalle, Grand Central, CA&E on Wells, Union and Northwestern and finally Randolph St. I must have thought my mind would forever capture what I saw as I took no pictures. An interesting aspect of the IC was that the waiting room for the through trains at 63rd was west of the tracks so there would be a parade through the electric area, and inside the ticket booth, to the through tracks. While I never actually tried it, it could be a way to skip buying a ticket on the electrics. I used to love standing in the front car to see what the motor man saw. Bad deal going downtown as the northern most car was the smoking car. Ugh! As for the Englewoods, took Rock Island to Englewood and I think Wabash to Little, and the 63rd St streetcar home. The fare was four cents until I finally admitted that I was 12. Had my first auto accident driving down from the Englewood station. Although home with flu, I was pressed into duty to meet an Aunt and I cut the sharp turn coming down a little too close. There also was a stop for the IC and Big 4 through trains at 53rd. An Aunt and Uncle lived on Cornell on the 14th floor and I loved just sitting there, looking out the window as the through trains barked their way to track speed. What a city in which to watch trains!

[spikejones52002]

 I was not that versed as to how or what arrangements the Chicago Council made. I know I boarded the train on 6300 South and the station over looked the South TOWN (corrected) theater. It only carried Boy scouts and it had aprox 10 cars. It ran to Owasippe and back. It made three stops before heading to the camp drop-off, downtown (?), Englewood and one after 63.

[richhotrain]

spikejones52002

 I was not that versed as to how or what arrangements the Chicago Council made. I know I boarded the train on 6300 South and the station over looked the South Shore theater. It only carried Boy scouts and it had aprox 10 cars. It ran to Owasippe and back. It made three stops before heading to the camp drop-off, downtown (?), Englewood and one after 63.

Now I'm puzzled.  Southtown Theater or South Shore theater?

Not sure where you caught the train.

[D.Bernie]

Most likely the Southtown, one of the 5 big Balaban & Katz theatres. I believe the South Shore was on Jeffrey Blvd around 71st.

[richhotrain]

I think he meant Southtown Theater which is what he said in his first post. 

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