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Converted to caboose by Chicago Freight Car Parts Co. in 1943 for use on the WP&YR (USA #90861). [117] Renumbered to 861 in 1944. Sold to the WP&YR in 1947 (#861). Converted to Bunk Car #X14 in 1955. Named Katler's Castle, 1962~1965 [8] (for Karl Kattler [1905-1971], WP&YR section foreman). Re-converted back to caboose and renumbered to 2nd 911 ...
St. Louis, Alton and Chicago Railroad: Chicago & Alton 1857–1862 Joliet and Chicago Railroad / Chicago and Mississippi Railroad: St.LA&C 1856–1857 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: BN: 1881–1970 1856–1881 1855–1856 Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad: LS&MS 1866–1869 1855–1866 Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac ...
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad (reporting mark CEI) was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago to southern Illinois, St. Louis, and Evansville. Founded in 1877, it grew aggressively and stayed relatively strong throughout the Great Depression and two World Wars before finally being purchased by the Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP or ...
Chicago Great Western in Minnesota. Anoka, MN: Blue River Publications. ISBN 0-930431-00-6. Edson, W. D. (Spring 1986). "Locomotives of the Chicago Great Western". Railroad History: 86– 113. ISSN 0090-7847. Grant, H. Roger (1984). The Corn Belt Route: A History of the Chicago Great Western Railroad Company. Dekalb, IL: Northern Illinois ...
The interior of an Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad caboose in 1943. Use of cabooses began in the 1830s, when railroads housed trainmen in shanties built onto boxcars or flatcars. [9] The caboose provided the train crew with a shelter at the rear of the train. The crew could exit the train for switching or to protect the rear of the train when stopped.
On December 31, 1885, the Chicago and Evanston Railroad was merged with the Chicago and Lake Superior Railroad—the latter company was formed on October 6, 1883—to form the Chicago, Evanston and Lake Superior Railway. The combined company was eventually acquired by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway in April 1900. [3] [5] [6]
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad: PRR: 1853 1856 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad: Fox River Valley Railroad CNW: 1852 1858 Elgin and State Line Railroad: Franklin and Waverly Railway: CB&Q: 1908 1917 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: Fredonia and Reeds Railroad: IC: 1914 1946 Illinois Central Railroad: Freeport, Dodgeville and ...
Its predecessor, the Rock Island and La Salle Railroad Company, was incorporated in Illinois on February 27, 1847, and an amended charter was approved on February 7, 1851, as the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad. Construction began in Chicago on October 1, 1851, and the first train was operated on October 10, 1852, between Chicago and Joliet.