CNW GP-15-1 4418 at Madison, WI on a drizzly 04/14/1987. My Kodachrome 64 was fighting for its life in this lousy light.
Trussrod CNW 105234, inside length 36 FT and 1/2", capacity 10 Tons. Interesting hatch on the car's end.
I still like the look of wooden boxcars. And, I wish they would fix the awning on the Lake Street Tower. There is a gap in one place and a loose piece in another that flaps in the wind. It looks tacky. Dou[g
Haha! I thought I saw something odd with that awning, but couldn't figure out what was going on with it.
Just an old negative I found this afternoon, taken about 1975 or so. A Chicago-bound "scoot" is slowing for a stop at Barrington, IL. Neat that the order board is still there. Looks like three cars in the four car train are cab cars. Lead car 254 was built by Pullman-Standard in 1965.
That's interesting Doug. I didn't know that, but I see what you describe! Cheap & Nothing Wasted, right?
Yup. I believe it was in an old Model Railroader where they had an article about how to model them. Doug
You showing those cab cars reminds me, The GP15s must not be equipped for use with cab cars because when a GP15 is backing cars into the sheds, there is always a crew member at the rear doorway of the rear car to direct the engineer. Doug
Looks like they've tightened up the zoom on the C&NW Powerhouse view. I surfed in and in thirty seconds saw this neat view with three trains. The camera shakes sometimes. I'm thinking it's from the wind maybe.
My GUESS - is that it is more time effective for the 'yard crew' with the GP15 to handle the cars as 'cars'. To use the Cab Car as the operating compartment for the move, the Engineer would have to relocate his 'base of operations' from the GP15 to the Cab Car, along with the necessary tests required to ensure that the GP15 is performing the required actions when those actions are requested from the Cab Car. Much easier to couple the GP15 to one end of the cars and position the Conductor at the other end of the cars and make a normal shoving movement.
I'm trying to decide whether I like the old view or this new one better. I kind of like watching the longer view of trains approaching the station and seeing more of the area but I like the more detailed view of the closer up view, too. Plus, it confirms they were building a swimming pool on top of the "Cassidy On Canal" structure, which I was pretty sure they were doing but not 100% sure. Doug
I wonder if they got privacy complaints from the residents of those half-million dollar condos on the left (of the old view). Doug
I'm reading a new book, Chicago & North Western The Harvard Line Chicago to Janesville by James E. Lewnard (by Four Ways West Publications) and am greatly enjoying it. I grew up along this line. In it, I learned that Chicago's Madison Street Station opened on June 4, 1911. In its heyday, up to four switch engines per shift worked the terminal and that beginning in February 1954 the trainsheds above all tracks were raised to accommodate new bi-level commuter equipment and UP domes that were on order for delivery the following year. That must have been a complex job! Lake Street Tower that we see in the webcam view of the terminal was staffed with a Director and two Levermen. The all-electric interlocking machine had 171 working levers. Just up the line was Clinton Street Tower, all-electric with 155 working levers. Clinton Street Tower can be seen to the extreme left center in this picture from 1958. Ho hum, just another day. [C&NW Historical Society photo]
