Some time ago it was requested that I post a "wish list" for GreatThirdRail.org. Alas, I am yet to post such a list. (As it stands right now that list would be...
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Ray Cosyn
rpcosyn
Jan 21, 2008 5:11 am
Don, I have a few that I took as a teenager. They are in slide form so will need to be scanned. It may take a while to get this done, so hold on. I appreciate...
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Don Bosan-Bruno
greatthirdra...
Jan 21, 2008 8:02 pm
Just wanted to say thanks for the appreication. Emails have dropped off lately, and with that in mind, its hard to jugge people's reaction to the site. Maybe...
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John Almond
crystalvalle...
Jan 30, 2008 2:32 am
In my folder, John's Stuff From Tucson, you will find a photo of car #419. I believe this was at Batavia Junction - am I correct. Can anybody provide the...
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John Almond
crystalvalle...
Jan 30, 2008 2:34 am
When I just posted, I noticed a photo of #456 as a header. I recently bought the slide of that photo. Could I have the original as it is in a 1950's Kodak...
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Scott Greig
sbgreig_m1
Jan 30, 2008 2:39 am
Yes, that's Batavia Junction. No idea as to the motorman...the only motorman I could identify would be Dick Morgan, and that's because he went over to the ...
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thegreatthirdrail
thegreatthir...
Feb 2, 2008 2:11 pm
John, Our current home page photo is from a similar slide, also in a 50's era Kodak mount. No way to know if either of us have an original, or a copy I...
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John Almond
crystalvalle...
Feb 2, 2008 5:21 pm
The information is appreciated. John in Tucson...
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thegreatthirdrail
thegreatthir...
Feb 10, 2008 6:51 pm
For all the modelers out there.. An interesting new kit. A company in the UK is producing card stock models of the CA&E #130 (or can also be built as #137)...
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mi0ke
Feb 10, 2008 7:49 pm
This article talks about a building that was sold for townhouse development. The location of the building is west of the Propect St. crossing and is just south...
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riispark99
Feb 10, 2008 9:47 pm
I'm not sure of this location but if it is the one I am thinking (just west of the new library) of it can very well have been a spur on the line for business. ...
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riispark99
Feb 10, 2008 9:59 pm
I look forward to your review of this kit. Ken ... are ... CA&E, ... and ... cars, "North ... end...
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Mike Clancy
mi0ke
Feb 10, 2008 10:09 pm
Yes that is the location you are talking about. Where is Myer Material? I tried to look it up via satellite but can't seem to locate the property. It would be ...
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thosleaton
Feb 10, 2008 11:18 pm
Mike, Duane street runs parallel to the old CA&E right of way, with about 100 feet of property in between. At th prospect crossing now is the new library,...
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thosleaton
Feb 10, 2008 11:22 pm
Thanks for the posting. The photo looks like a computer creation to me, based on the presence in the photo of what appears to be part of a Yakima Valley...
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riispark99
Feb 10, 2008 11:27 pm
I'm sorry I gave you the wrong name. It's Westmore supply and they are on Myers Road right next to the Path. Here's a link: ...
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Tom Kaufman
elmer53
Feb 11, 2008 12:14 pm
You have cleared up a long mystery for me involving the connvreet abutment at Duane and Lorraine. I have seen it in pictures and in the CA&E video, and since...
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Tom Thomas
tthomas436
Feb 11, 2008 1:48 pm
If I remember what my father has told me correctly, when he and my mother first moved to Wheaton in 1947, there apparently had been some sort of wooden bridge...
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Randall Hicks
rhicks308
Feb 11, 2008 3:49 pm
... mother first moved to Wheaton in 1947, there apparently had been some sort of wooden bridge over the C&NW tracks connecting Lorraine Rd. and Western Ave....
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Tom Thomas
tthomas436
Feb 11, 2008 3:58 pm
Interesting. I had no idea that the Lorraine Rd. bridge had been gone for that long a time. Since it spanned both the C&NW and the AE&C, I'm assuming that...
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thegreatthirdrail
thegreatthir...
Feb 12, 2008 3:27 am
... of a ... Just received my NS kit today. Interesting kit, so very different from the typical Walthers NS car !! This is truly a craftsman kit, will take ...
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Randall Hicks
rhicks308
Feb 14, 2008 12:30 am
Frank and I decided to start a blog to document our activities, including pictures, and most of which will be CA&E-related. It's called "Hicks Car Works" and...
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wuhwuzdat
Feb 14, 2008 12:36 am
Looks great. Keep up the good work (online and on the cars!) Jeff ... a...
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riispark99
Feb 16, 2008 10:10 pm
I've never seen a timetable for the CA&E so I'm wondering if the trains ran 24/7 or was there a cut-off time for late night trains? If they ran all night I...
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seth bramson
mrfec
Feb 16, 2008 10:34 pm
... From: "riispark99" <kend@...> To: <thegreatthirdrail@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 5:10 PM Subject: [thegreatthirdrail]...
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Ray Cosyn
rpcosyn
Feb 16, 2008 11:35 pm
I rode the CA&E many times after watching a White Sox twinight double header and I can attest that the last train left Forest Park at 1:00 AM on the nose. I am...
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Ken
riispark99
Feb 17, 2008 7:45 pm
What about Sunday service? It seems at the time the CA&E ran most businesses were closed but I suppose people used the service to visit family and friends. ...
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roygbenedict@...
roy_g_benedict
Feb 17, 2008 9:50 pm
From the 5/27/34 timetable, about midway in the line's history: Westbound, Leave Wells Street: AM 12.18EF 12.45 2.15 +5.30F +6.20F +7.00EF s7.00F then...
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rpcosyn
Feb 22, 2008 6:17 pm
I can't believe it. After all these years the politicians have come to realize that the CTA needs to be extended to Yorktown. If our beloved CA&E had been...
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Tom Thomas
tthomas436
Feb 22, 2008 6:40 pm
I posted similar comments to yours on the Chicago Tribune's website in response to the article. Those of us here all have known for years (some of us since...
