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General Discussion / Chicago Terminal 01/23/07

« on: February 02, 2007, 09:40:20 AM »

Can\'t wait to see your pictures from yesterday Tom, and it was a pleasure meeting you! Some good news though, in that we will likely be running down the Kingsbury Branch once we repair a switch and crack some pavement near to our new customer. Why he wants to ship firewood out of the city when he already ships it in is mind boggling, but the CTR is very pleased to have a possible new customer. I just wish we didn\'t have to do so much track work!!

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General Discussion / Chicago Terminal 01/23/07

« on: January 31, 2007, 09:38:20 AM »

Finkl will be closing in 18 months. Some more bad news, Peerless is also closing at the end of April. Right now we only run tues and thurs but word is we might take over something from the CP out of Bensinville Yard, I\'m thinking it would probably be the \"Spalding Patrol\".

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General Discussion / Chicago Terminal 01/23/07

« on: January 29, 2007, 12:06:51 PM »

Thanks Chuck, you got some shots of me in my orange and blue coat.

That switch at general iron is a real pain to clean out, as we don\'t have the luxury of a high rail truck following us.


A little backround on me:
My name is Nick Tancula and I\'m a Conductor Trainee on the CTR. This is my first railroad job, but I represent the fourth generation of my family working in the railroad bussiness.