Chicago, IL Depot: C&NW Chicago Passenger Terminal (CPT), More Photos

The 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 shared

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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.

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.

Urban Remains posted nine photos with the comment:

john vinci kodachrome slides of the chicago and northwestern railroad terminal (1911) before and during its demolition in 1984. the station was designed by architects frost and granger and built by the george a. fuller company.

the station's exterior was indiana limestone. the interior was dressed with terra cotta furnished by the american terra cotta company. the walls were adorned with richly colored green grueby tiles made by the grueby tile company of boston. the ceiling consisted of light cream-colored guastavino tiles. all of it destroyed.

courtesy of john vinci collection.

David Daruszka shared

Robert Bertram: It was a historically designated building which corrupt people managed to bypass. After so many great buildings were leveled, by 1983, we should have known better.

David Daruszka: Robert Bertram It was not a historic landmark. I worked with a group of people who submitted the building for landmark designation. That status was rejected after public hearings, clearing the way for the buildings demolition.

Jeff Nichols posted three photos with the comment: "Train sheds, Chicago & North Western Passenger Terminal.   Catalogued 1900-1915.   I will venture that this is not an image from the Wells Street station, but from the new station that opened in 1911.   LOC"

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