Can someone tell me where in Chicago this photo was taken?
Exec train at Chicago
It is my laptop's wallpaper. It looks as if there is a road or walkway really near the tracks. I am guessing it is a public road/walkway. Also, is that the Chicago River in the background?
James
nanaimo73http://www.omaha.com/article/20100514/NEWS01/100519643#u-p-train-strikes-truck-in-bellevue Wait till Lord Atmo hears about this!
http://www.omaha.com/article/20100514/NEWS01/100519643#u-p-train-strikes-truck-in-bellevue
Wait till Lord Atmo hears about this!
Ehhh 1995 has been in other accidents before this one. Poor thing can't seem to avoid them. I caught this special when it made its way through Altoona too. Hope they can fix it up. 1995 is the only heritage unit that will probably ever be seen in Altoona
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Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
The ButlerCan someone tell me where in Chicago this photo was taken?Exec train at ChicagoIt is my laptop's wallpaper. It looks as if there is a road or walkway really near the tracks. I am guessing it is a public road/walkway. Also, is that the Chicago River in the background?
Thanks, Carl.
On page 65 of the June 2010 issue of Trains, it says the July issue will contain a Trackside Guide to Milwaukee. Has anyone heard if this will be a 16 page pullout section, like those 5 guides that appeared while Mark Hemphill was the editor?
Happy to see that the STB is finally gonna start looking at some of the "creative" ways that Conrail cooked the books and take some of that smurf blue shine and halo away. (EP-695)
nanaimo73On page 65 of the June 2010 issue of Trains, it says the July issue will contain a Trackside Guide to Milwaukee. Has anyone heard if this will be a 16 page pullout section, like those 5 guides that appeared while Mark Hemphill was the editor?
nanaimo73 On page 65 of the June 2010 issue of Trains, it says the July issue will contain a Trackside Guide to Milwaukee. Has anyone heard if this will be a 16 page pullout section, like those 5 guides that appeared while Mark Hemphill was the editor?
Dan
mudchickenHappy to see that the STB is finally gonna start looking at some of the "creative" ways that Conrail cooked the books and take some of that smurf blue shine and halo away. (EP-695)
For the first time since the 3rd week of March, I got trackside today and there was an amazing sight. After years of talk, the original CPR yard in Calgary, built in 1883, has had all of the track removed and it is being graded for some new non railway construction. There is only the double track mainline left.
Alyth was built in 1899 and the original yard became known as the Industrial Yard, although it was never a station in the timetable. One of the first photographs ever taken in Calgary shows a windmill being used to pump water out of the Elbow River into the water tank, which was at the east end of the yard. Kind of amusing when you hear about all of the windmills RR's are carrying around the country in this Green Craze.
And another thing I always found interesting is how some traditions went on, even though RR's are always looking for new ways of doing things. From the time Alyth was built and all of the servicing facilities for engines, cars, and cabooses were moved there, during slow times surplus cabooses were stored on what was the original yard caboose track. One author I read said he believed that there were cabooses stored on that original track for at least a few weeks or more a year, from 1899 to the end of cabooses in 1991.
They have been talking about it for so long I kind of thought it was never going to happen.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
"A Train is a Place Going Somewhere" CP Rail Public Timetable
"O. S. Irricana"
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Butler:
Look at the STB website under today's decisions...EP-695....(Ex-Parte Hearing 695)
The shine is off the cow-pie...
mudchickenButler: Look at the STB website under today's decisions...EP-695....(Ex-Parte Hearing 695) The shine is off the cow-pie...
MC, are you implying that this is the tip of an iceberg, not an isolated incident?
Had to get out the GPS to find this place...
What's new with everyone?
CNW 6000What's new with everyone?
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Nothing too much going on with me this long weekend. I hope my fellow Canadian readers enjoyed their Victoria Day holiday.
In spite of things that happened today; life is still good and trains will still roll on by. ~~~ LOL albiet a bit jerky. Jim
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
I came across this interesting article, which mentions the 5 foot gauge railways of the south converting to standard gauge during the 1880s. This has left me wondering how long the 5 foot gauge would have lasted if the Confederate States had gained independence. Anyone have an opinion?
http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/1993/3/1993_3_54.shtml
CNW 6000One of these weekends...I'm actually going to be able to go south and spend some time looking around. Hopefully it'll help! Sad to admit I've never been to Duplainville or Butler Yard yet.
zardoz CNW 6000One of these weekends...I'm actually going to be able to go south and spend some time looking around. Hopefully it'll help! Sad to admit I've never been to Duplainville or Butler Yard yet. If you want a guide, let me know. I can either give you some suggestions, or if you want, I could meet you somewhere, and I'll give you the tour. You may reply either here, or you can PM me.
If you want a guide, let me know. I can either give you some suggestions, or if you want, I could meet you somewhere, and I'll give you the tour. You may reply either here, or you can PM me.
Anyone remember "Poppa Zit" from on here? I haven't seen him in forever.
CNW 6000 I may have business related reasons to visit Milwaukee-land...too early to tell yet though. I'll keep you posted. Anyone remember "Poppa Zit" from on here? I haven't seen him in forever.
I may have business related reasons to visit Milwaukee-land...too early to tell yet though. I'll keep you posted.
Regarding your business-related reasons for being in Milwaukee, I think we can work around that. Lots of other stuff for me to do in town.
zardozPoppa? Yeah, I remember him. He is one of the more interesting posters we have lost over the years. I know that many more have left, but right now I can't think of any.
There are a few of the older members I'd like to see around again, Overmod, arbfbe, Dan Harmon and Ed King (Old Timer) come to mind. Perhaps I'm the only one that misses Futuremodal?
I was down at my local Safeway store yesterday evening and had an interesting experience. There was one lady talking to one of the store staff about the money she had just wired by the Western Union service provided in the store. Fifty years ago people would have come to our station to do that. There was a bit of a line at the cashier, so I had a few minutes to listen to them and have memories rolling in at the same time.
CPR stations all had money orders sales and wire transfers as well as telegraph service. And compared to today's credit cards and Interac debit cards, was it ever complicated. If you wanted to wire money in Canada the recipient could receive it at any other CPR station or if you wanted to send a money order in Canada the recipient could cash it at any CPR station in Canada.
Although it could be done outside of Canada, that is when it got really complicated. Each country outside of Canada had its' own corresponding financial institution to deal with and each station had different money order forms for many of the most common destinations. Since Canada was a member of the British Commonwealth, sending money orders or wire transfers to the UK was fairly straight forward
Sending money to the US however, was way more complex, as there were a number of financial institutions involved. You had to figure out which bank would be closest for the recipient to cash his money order or receive his wire transfer at, and these banks were not created equal. There was a bank in Boston that was supposed to serve the New England area, but if you were from the other end of the city, not to mention all the other states in the area, it could take weeks to get your money. There was a bank in New York City that seemed to work not too bad for a large area, but if you could, you sent these items through a particular bank in Chicago that would be fast and efficient. And that bank handled all the business to the west coast. There were more banks in the SE US.
As these women were talking I also remembered Dad could send flowers to people through FTD, Floral (Florist?) Telegraph Dispatch, I think it was. He had a a colour 8.5 x 11 tri-fold pamphlet that he kept in the cash drawer. When someone wanted to send flowers, they picked an arrangement out of the pamphlet, and the catalog number was sent to the nearest flower shop anywhere in Canada or the US. We had a small decal of that famous logo in one of the windows, but I forget where.
This would commonly happen after someone would receive a telegram about the death of a loved one, and sometimes right when they picked up the telegram. Now there is a flower shop right in the Safeway.
As I have told younger friends many times, there are not as many new things in this world as you might think, it was just a lot harder to do them then.
nanaimo73Perhaps I'm the only one that misses Futuremodal?
Nah. I miss him too.
The forums may be 'safer' and less crontroversial with FM and the others like him gone, but at the same time the forums have become more bland. There is nothing like a spirited discussion to generate interest. I remember back when many threads would get ten pages or more long with the back-and-forth diatribes. Nowadays, most threads die out after one or two pages.
There are a few people (I won't mention names) who are missed around here like a toothache would be, and some who turn my stomach whenever they do post. But then, people might say the same about me, in which case I may be one of the better stomach-turners around! (Carl
Ahh - BC - your sensitive side is showing.....
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
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