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...
Does anyone have any word/news on the status of the Lake Shore Electric Rwy - ex-Trolleyville, operation ? They made a big showing a couple years back moving...
Does anyone know for certain what the CA&E terminology for the "assistant conductors", i.e. the trainmen, was? Was it trainman, collector, something else...?...
Does anyone have any pictures of Indiana Railroad cars 400-409 circa 1936 or know where they may be found? Also, does anyone know the lengh of Lake Shore...
In northeastern Illinois/southeastern Wisconsin, Illinois Railway Museum and East Troy Railroad DO have track connections to the national railroad network,...
Saw a short report in the Daily Herald about a vandalism attack at FRTM in the last week. Didn't specifically say what equipment, although from the wording it ...
I know about the three books on Insull. Those were easy enough to find. However, I haven't been able to locate any books on Conway. Does any know of any in...
The city of Wheaton has announced plans to reconfigure the road bridge over the Union Pacific lines just west of the old CA&E bridge. In the plan, they intend...
The Wheaton station was directly south of the CNW station, at Main Street. Rhe CA&E stationwas pretty unique as the areas oof actual building were the extreme...
Does anyone have an authentic CA&E step box? If so, how would you like to post a picture or two, along with some measurements - height, width, and length...
I posted a satellite picture of the located spur. I couldn't see the track but this was as close as I could zoom in. The photo is called WheatonSpur....
Does anyone know if the CA&E periodically published rule books and employee timetables like other railroads? Does either of these items appear (reprinted) in...
I accidentally found part of an existing spur today on the Prairie Path in Lombard. The photo link is listed here and exists in the photo album on this site...
Historian Steve Hyett will bring his multi-projector slide show back to Elmhurst on Tues April 29 at 7pm. I've seen Steve's show and it is fantastic! He was...
Here's a link to a site that does a thorough job of chronicling the Westchester branch of the CTA. This extension used the CA&E tracks from Forest Park to...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I'm sure you were impressed with whatever you saw, but it most certainly was'nt from the CA&E. Wayne had a 1 story box shaped station, probably 20ft X 20ft...
Yes you are correct. As I stated earlier, if the CA&E could of gotten rid of the wooden cars, that is the tunnel that the CA&E would of used. But if my memory...
Glenn, I too was a follower of the CA&E, but most of my visits were after abandonment because of my young age. I was wondering, after the post of the Wayne...
Larry is right. There were two separate situations in which North Shore Line trains "circled" the Loop: 1. Beginning perhaps in the 1920s, one northbound...
At one point southbound NSL trains did sevice Adams and Wabash. If my memory serves me right they did a full round trip of the loop before heading to their...
To my knowledge the emergency package shipments were always handled at the baggage room adjacent to the Congress St. Terminal of the "L" a half-mile north of...
