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LaSalle Street Station Postcard, about 1908, |
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Constructed in 1903 by Frost & Granger, Architects, the building served as a station for the Rock Island, New York Central and Michigan Central Railroads, as well as offices for the owner of the railroads. The headhouse and shed was demolished in the mid-1980s and replaced with an office building that contains the Chicago Commodities Exchange trading center. The tracks remain and a small waiting room was built at the back of the building for the commuters that still used the Metra commuter trains operating on the former Rock Island trackage. |
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1/1/1908 Upload Date: 2/18/2007 11:36:39 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRI&P's #1 in LaSalle Street Station |
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Day approximate, month and year correct. The tall building is the Board of Trade and the darker closer building is the long-gone headhouse replaced by the new Board of Trade Buildng. J. C. Smith, Jr. sent th following comment: "The locomotive is the same design created for General Motor's Aerotrain, but this particular trainset is an ACF-built Talgo, originally called the Jet Rocket. This particular model LWT-1 differs from the two sister locomotives, Rock Island numbers 2 and 3, acquired with the two actual Aerotrains, in that it had a Blomberg front truck, whereas the other two featured a four-wheel Flexi-Coil, similar to those used under some EMD switchers intended for some road service use." |
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3/15/1961 Upload Date: 2/16/2007 3:33:37 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 1(LWT-12) |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 403 in LaSalle Street Station in 1961 |
| Description: |
Day approximate, month and year correct. |
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9/1/1961 Upload Date: 2/17/2007 9:30:20 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 403(FP7A) |
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| Title: |
CRI&P Golden State |
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This is the CRI&P's Golden State trying to out run the building thunder storm in New Mexico on July 28, 1962. Southern Pacific handled the train from Los Angeles to Tucumcari, NM where the Rock Island took over and will bring it to Chicago. In this light, Kodachrome 10 had trouble stopping the action. |
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7/8/1962 Upload Date: 11/6/2006 11:17:49 AM |
| Location: |
Unknown, NM |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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1221 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 485 at 79th St. |
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3/31/1964 Upload Date: 2/20/2007 11:39:22 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 485(RS3) |
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1340 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 490 at 79th St. |
| Description: |
Freight in foreground was on Chicago & Western Indiana tracks. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1964 Upload Date: 2/20/2007 11:39:27 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 490(RS3) |
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1244 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 830 at 104th and Torrance |
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| Photo Date: |
3/31/1964 Upload Date: 3/1/2007 9:00:33 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 830(SW8) |
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1098 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting to Begin a Late Evening Run to Chicago |
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4/3/1964 Upload Date: 2/20/2007 11:39:30 AM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 489(RS3) |
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945 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 634 |
| Description: |
This must be the WB Rocket. Note the third unit is a BL2. |
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4/3/1964 Upload Date: 2/24/2007 5:32:18 PM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 634(E7A) |
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1062 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P Cab Car at Englewood Union Station |
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4/21/1964 Upload Date: 3/1/2007 4:46:50 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 2 from Roosevelt Rd. Bridge in 1964 |
| Description: |
An EMD intercity failure ends its days downgraded to commuter service, not a good application of a train with few and narrow doors. |
| Photo Date: |
5/13/1964 Upload Date: 2/16/2007 3:33:38 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 2(LWT-12) |
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2790 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
One of Two of Rock's Baby Trainmasters, #401 in May 1964 |
| Description: |
from 12th St. (Roosevelt Rd.) Bridge |
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5/13/1964 Upload Date: 2/17/2007 9:30:19 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 401(H-15-44) |
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2089 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 405 |
| Description: |
From 12th St. Bridge |
| Photo Date: |
5/13/1964 Upload Date: 2/17/2007 9:30:21 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 405(FP7A) |
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2125 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 427 Shot From the 12th St. Bridge |
| Description: |
Notice the NYC container operation to the right. They are not containers in today's sense. As you can see they are semi-trailers and can't be stacked. I'm sure the wheels had to be removed to fit under bridges and through tunnels. Note each has a NYC logo which probably means they are captive. They seem to be being unloaded/loaded at the fright house in the background. Anyhow, I bet any railroad would love today to have a contained facility this closes to the Loop and North Michigan Ave. Unfortunately I can't improve the picture quality anymore (cheap film and processing on a teenager's budget) and that the cat tails hang across the RI locos. |
| Photo Date: |
5/13/1964 Upload Date: 2/18/2007 10:44:04 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 427(BL2) |
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2288 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 427 and 487 Taken From the 12th St. Bridge |
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5/13/1964 Upload Date: 2/18/2007 10:44:05 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 427(BL2) CRIP 487(RS3) |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 428 Seen From the 12th St. Bridge |
| Description: |
One of 5 BL2s the Rock had finishes its life in commuter service. |
| Photo Date: |
5/13/1964 Upload Date: 2/18/2007 10:44:07 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 428(BL2) |
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2152 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 486 with Inbound Morning Commuter taken from the 12th St. Bridge |
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5/13/1964 Upload Date: 2/20/2007 11:39:22 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 486(RS3) |
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1576 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 653 and NYC 617 and 674 Taken from the 12th St. Bridge |
| Description: |
Note Clark St. bus on ramp to bridge. Two Rock Island E8s and probabley an E6 all elephant style. Sorry I could not do better on fixing the quality of he shot. |
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5/13/1964 Upload Date: 2/23/2007 7:10:29 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 653(E8A) |
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1569 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
The Best Paint Scheme Ever on a Geep? |
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6/3/1964 Upload Date: 3/1/2007 9:00:44 AM |
| Location: |
Inver Grove, MN |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 1298(GP7) |
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2860 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 902 |
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6/3/1964 Upload Date: 3/1/2007 9:00:36 AM |
| Location: |
Inver Grove, MN |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 902(SW900) |
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928 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P MoW Combine |
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6/3/1964 Upload Date: 3/1/2007 4:46:47 PM |
| Location: |
Inver Grove, MN |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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890 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
How Could They See Where They Were Going? |
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6/3/1964 Upload Date: 3/1/2007 4:46:52 PM |
| Location: |
Inver Grove, MN |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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754 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 1298 Near Oakland Tower |
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6/4/1964 Upload Date: 3/1/2007 9:00:45 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 1298(GP7) |
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1473 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 902 |
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| Photo Date: |
6/4/1964 Upload Date: 3/1/2007 9:00:34 AM |
| Location: |
Inver Grove, MN |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 902(SW900) |
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659 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 104 and CMSP&P 926 Switching in 1964 |
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6/8/1964 Upload Date: 2/17/2007 9:53:52 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 104(F7A) MILW 926(RS12) |
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2189 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 104 and CMSP&P 933 in 1964 |
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| Photo Date: |
6/8/1964 Upload Date: 2/17/2007 9:53:52 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 104(F7A) MILW 933(VO-1000) |
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1672 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 111 on West Leads to St. Paul Union Station |
| Description: |
The head house is still standing in very good shape with restaurants in it. The waiting room over the tracks was closed off a few years ago when I visited the station. The Mississippi River is just to the right of the photo and the two right tracks are all that remain. Amtrak's Empire Builder uses them but does not stop. Most of the land here, under the station, and the yards beyond is now used for parking. See the St. Paul Union Station aerial photo at http://railfan44.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=656081 |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1964 Upload Date: 2/17/2007 9:53:54 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 111(F7A) |
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3479 Comments: 6 |
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| Title: |
Three Rock U-Boats in 1969 |
| Description: |
Note commuter coaches in small yard at left. |
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6/8/1964 Upload Date: 2/17/2007 9:53:56 AM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 205(U25B) CRIP 215(U25B) CRIP 197(U33B) |
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2578 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 654 with Twin Star Rocket and CMStP&P 99C with Most Probably the Afternoon Hiawatha at the Minneapolis Station |
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6/8/1964 Upload Date: 2/24/2007 5:32:29 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 654(E8A) MILW 99C(FP7A) |
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2587 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P E8A #654 and an E7B with the Twin Star Rocket |
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6/8/1964 Upload Date: 2/24/2007 5:32:28 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 654(E8A) |
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1609 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 652 and a E7B in 1964 |
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6/14/1964 Upload Date: 2/21/2007 7:18:10 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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Passenger |
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CRIP 652(E8A) |
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| Title: |
Crossing Over at Division St. "Strong Arm" Tower (see descripton below) in 1964 |
| Description: |
Note the rods at the base of the tower going toward and away from the camera and under the tracks. These rods are moved by four foot levers in the tower by the towerman (the job title is leverman) and in turn the rods move/change the signals and move the track switches. Some of the rods travel a long distance to the switch and are hard to pull, thus the term strong-arm plant--strong back too! The tower and its track work are called an interlocking plant meaning the towerman can not set the switches and signals such that one train would run into another. If the towerman sets a route for a train through the plant and then has to set another route for it or take the route from it because another train will move first, he has to run a timer first to assure affected trains have time to stop before he can move set a new route. |
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6/20/1964 Upload Date: 2/18/2007 6:10:29 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 434(GP7) |
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1280 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 9006 |
| Description: |
Please comment with info. See below. |
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8/8/1964 Upload Date: 3/1/2007 4:46:46 PM |
| Location: |
Silvis, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 9006(Power Car) |
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2259 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 1011 and 1012 |
| Description: |
These are 500 hp Whitcomb/Canadian Locomotive Co. Model Number 75DE12C. Note lack of symmetry at top of hood. Was this pair coupled this way on a long-term basis? |
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8/18/1964 Upload Date: 3/1/2007 9:00:38 AM |
| Location: |
Rock Island, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 1011(75 Tonner) CRIP 1012(75 Tonner) |
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2514 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 1012 |
| Description: |
Whitcomb/Canadian Locomotive Co. Serial Number 75DE12C |
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8/18/1964 Upload Date: 3/1/2007 9:00:39 AM |
| Location: |
Rock Island, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 1012(75 Tonner) |
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1174 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 132, One of 16 the Rock Had, |
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8/18/1964 Upload Date: 2/17/2007 9:53:55 AM |
| Location: |
East Moline, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 132(FA-1m) |
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2846 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 530 at 42 Years Old and Looking Good |
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8/18/1964 Upload Date: 2/20/2007 11:39:30 AM |
| Location: |
Rock Island, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 530(SW1) |
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1403 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Cannibalism at Silvis |
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8/18/1964 Upload Date: 2/25/2007 8:49:07 PM |
| Location: |
Silvis, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 704(NW1) CRIP 702(NW1) |
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2570 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Rocky Mountain Rocket in 1964 |
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8/19/1964 Upload Date: 2/21/2007 7:18:09 PM |
| Location: |
Rock Island, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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4829 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 104 and Tower in 1964 |
| Description: |
Second unit is most probably 104B and third is an Alco FA1. The diamonds are with the GM&O and Santa Fe. Today the number of diamonds is reduced from 16 to four because the Rock's tracks (now Metra) have been reduced to one. |
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8/23/1964 Upload Date: 2/17/2007 9:53:51 AM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 104(F7A) |
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2173 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 488 Roster Shot |
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8/23/1964 Upload Date: 2/20/2007 11:39:24 AM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 488(RS3) |
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1473 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 488 Roster Shot |
| Description: |
Neat hand rail! |
| Photo Date: |
8/23/1964 Upload Date: 2/20/2007 11:39:26 AM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 488(RS3) |
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968 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Starting a Night's Rest |
| Description: |
Commuter coaches. |
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8/23/1964 Upload Date: 3/1/2007 4:46:51 PM |
| Location: |
Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 400 at Beverly Hills (91st St.) Commuter Stop in 1964 |
| Description: |
Tower protected the long-gone crossing with the PRR Panhandle. The baby trainmaster's steam boiler is venting. |
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12/31/1964 Upload Date: 2/17/2007 9:30:18 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 400(H-15-44) |
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CRI&P 400 on the Suburban Line in 1964 |
| Description: |
Inbound commuter train with frost on the ties, plenty of steam from the steam heat, nice women's coats and hats,and to top it off, a baby trainmaster (one of two the Rock had). The diamonds are with the long-gone PRR Panhandle tracks. |
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12/31/1964 Upload Date: 2/17/2007 9:30:19 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
| Categories: |
Station |
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CRIP 400(H-15-44) |
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2598 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P BL2 #425 in the Beverly Hills Neighborhood, 95th St. |
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12/31/1964 Upload Date: 2/18/2007 10:44:01 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 425(BL2) |
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2134 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 453 Outbound with a Morning Commuter at 89th and Vincennes |
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12/31/1964 Upload Date: 2/20/2007 11:39:20 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 493(RS3) |
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1443 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 493 Outbound with a Morning Commuter at 89th and Sangamond |
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12/31/1964 Upload Date: 2/20/2007 11:39:21 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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CRIP 493(RS3) |
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1258 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 487 at Englewood Union Station During the Inbound Morning Rush |
| Description: |
RI was scraping together every locomotive and passenger car it could to meet the commuter rush. These intercity cars certainly were inappropriate with few and narrow doors. |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1964 Upload Date: 2/20/2007 11:39:23 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 487(RS3) |
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2214 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P 492 at 89th and Paulina |
| Description: |
I think trains coming the other way are being told to stop! |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1964 Upload Date: 2/20/2007 11:39:28 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 492(RS3) |
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1973 Comments: 4 |
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