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| Author: | Frank Hicks [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Living history - CA&E abandonment |
The Illinois Railway Museum will be conducting a reenactment of the abandonment of the Chicago Aurora & Elgin interurban line tomorrow, July 3rd, on the 52nd anniversary of the end of passenger service on that line. On Friday, July 3rd, 1957 shortly after noon the CA&E received court permission to suspend passenger service and immediately sent out word for all trains to return to the shops - permanently. Thousands of commuters who had ridden the CA&E into Chicago in the morning were stranded and had to find other ways to get home. IRM will conduct a reenactment of this event using the museum's restored CA&E cars, with visitors being "stranded" at the east end of the museum's line and having to take a different train back to the museum. Photos of the 2007 reenactment taken by the late Dave Mewhinney are here. |
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| Author: | JimBoylan [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Living history - CA&E abandonment |
Frank Hicks wrote: Thousands of commuters who had ridden the CA&E into Chicago in the morning were stranded and had to find other ways to get home. IRM will conduct a reenactment of this event using the museum's restored CA&E cars, with visitors being "stranded" at the east end of the museum's line and having to take a different train back to the museum. Since some of those commuters may have gone home on the Chicago & North Western to Elgin, you may have both trains they rode that day in your collection!
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| Author: | Sloan [ Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Living history - CA&E abandonment |
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/loca ... 401.column |
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