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General Discussion / Painting of the ex-MILW SOO switch engine

« on: August 05, 2007, 11:54:01 PM »

Hi,

Just thought you might like to know that I stumbled across a print of a painting featuring the switcher for the north side.  It was at the Illinois Railway Museum.  The framed version was just under $40 so I passed on it until I could confirm with the artist that it was in fact \"our\" switcher.  He emailed me back informing me that it was ineed the one.  He\'s got a website at: http://www.richardsmyth.net/ so if anybody\'s interested it might be worth sending him a message.  It shows it parked in the North Yard coupled to a UP engine.

-Matt

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General Discussion / CNW Cars North Morton in Old Arial Photo

« on: May 21, 2007, 03:52:01 PM »

Hi,

Just wondering if anybody knows what these cars are north of Morton Salt:

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=16&X=2226&Y=23198&W=3&qs=%7cchicago%7c%7c

Note, the picture is from 1999.

Thanks,

Matt

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General Discussion / A similar railway in Seattle

« on: March 03, 2007, 04:18:06 PM »

Hi,

I\'ve been meaning to post this for a while but last year when I was in Seattle I stumbled across some street trackage of this little short line that in many ways seems similar to our Chicago Terminal Railway.  If these industrial railroads are your thing you might want to check out this railfan\'s website about it:

http://www.docwightman.com/railroad/btrr/rideonbtrr.html

-Matt

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General Discussion / Chicago Terminal pics

« on: January 02, 2007, 03:35:33 AM »

Check out the picks of this awsome paint job.  If it isn\'t going to be Milwaukee Road colors it might as well be this:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=170265

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=170271

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General Discussion / Goose Island

« on: November 21, 2006, 11:43:53 AM »

Hi,

Just wanted to point out this cool view of the Goose Island during its better days:

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/300045.html

-Matt