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C&NW depot's main posting is long enough that I thought these eight Roger Puta photos that Marty Bernard
posted are worthy of their own posting. They were taken in November, 1981. Update:
another posting
Marty Bernard
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| A Roger Puta photo, 5 |
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| A Roger Puta photo, 6 |
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| A Roger Puta photo, 7 |
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Noach Hoffman posted
Birds Eye view of the Northwestern Depot. Undated. Barriger Collection. Mercantile Library. University of Missouri, St. Louis.
David Daruszka: Chicago' first "modern" railroad terminal. |
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Jim Arvites posted
View of Chicago & North Western rush hour commuter train preparing to depart downtown Chicago circa early 1970's.
(Henry Huehl Photo)
Brian A Morgan: The departing train is departing from the very track in which the 400 used to board and depart from. Where engine # 512 is; Is the track in which the Union Pacific / C&NW / SP Overland Limited used to arrive and depart from. The next two tracks closer to the River away from # 512 is where the City of San Francisco and the City of Los Angeles used to depart from. Half the station complex was used for intercity Passenger trains and the East tracks for Commuter services and locals. Locals consisted of trains to Milwaukee, Madison, Lake Geneva, Rockford and points less than 200 miles from Chicago. |
Jon Roma I'm glad Roger documented this glorious station before it was so rudely turned into rubble in order to clear the way for a soulless office tower. But at least the replacement is a functional downtown railroad station worthy of Chicago – unlike present-day LaSalle Street Station.
Timothy Leppert We used to see a watchmaker there to have the balance wheel repaired on our pocket watches. One CBQ Engineer had a pocket watch that chimed the time when closed. He said on steam he could open then close it and place it on his ear to hear the time. My pocket watches go back many Generations in my family. Nice to have.
Mitch Markovitz The jeweler at the depot was Eddy Lurgio, Terminal Jewelers. A great guy and friend. When he retired at the time the depot was being torn down he moved to Sandwich, Illinois. I went there a few years back and couldn't find him.
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