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Two sorta dumb questions about a rare sighting and CNW operations
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The whole notion of the "English Factor" is rather hard to believe. Here is a quote off of the C&NW Historical Society Website. <br /> <br />"The left-handed operation of the C&NW set it apart from other railroads in the US. It is fairly certain that the stations along the predecessor G&CU were on the “wrong” side, and when a second track was laid into Chicago, left-handed running allowed inbound passengers to wait in the warm depot. Otherwise, the depots would have had to be rebuilt or moved. The notion that British capital forced this left-hand running does not work. In those days no investor in Europe, let alone New York, would risk money on anything out on the uncivilized prairie. The investors were almost all local farmers and businessmen. ……They did very well, it might be noted." <br /> <br />Also.. <br />The Galena & Chicago Union Railway (C&NWs predecessor) was chartered by the State of Illinois on January 10, 1836. <br />Construction of the G&CU was authorized on April 5, 1848 at the first shareholders meeting in Chicago. <br /> <br />If you want to look at the history page this is the address... <br />http://www.cnwhs.org/ch_cnw.htm <br /> <br />The dates are from the "Slices in Time" article from the Winter 1998 150th C&NW anniversary issue of North Western Lines.
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