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Steam on the EL
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tomc
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Date: December 21, 2012 10:36PM
Go to this website and see what once ran on Chicago's elevated tracks.I once knew a lady, Mrs. V. Torrence,born 1860, who once rode on this train.
Tom C
Steam On The Alley “L”
www.discoverlivesteam.com/magazine/42/index.html
Locomotive #41 and crew pose for the company photographer on the structure above 63rd Street just east of Cottage Grove Avenue (about 1894).
Tom C
Steam On The Alley “L”
www.discoverlivesteam.com/magazine/42/index.html
Locomotive #41 and crew pose for the company photographer on the structure above 63rd Street just east of Cottage Grove Avenue (about 1894).
Re: Steam on the - to access website
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tomc
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Date: December 21, 2012 10:44PM
In order to access the website, copy and paste the entry below:
Locomotive #41 and crew pose for the company photographer on the structure above 63rd Street just east of Cottage Grove Avenue (about 1894).
TomC
Locomotive #41 and crew pose for the company photographer on the structure above 63rd Street just east of Cottage Grove Avenue (about 1894).
TomC
steam on the el - follow-upother articles
Posted by:
tomc
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Date: December 21, 2012 11:29PM
For All you railroad men and women who never grew up (myself included)
Once you access "Steam On The EL," Go to this article that comes with it: "Read other articles." Are you in for a treat! If you haven't done so already, drag out your old electric train and put it around the base of the Christmas tree. MERRY CHRISTMAS !!! TOM C
Once you access "Steam On The EL," Go to this article that comes with it: "Read other articles." Are you in for a treat! If you haven't done so already, drag out your old electric train and put it around the base of the Christmas tree. MERRY CHRISTMAS !!! TOM C
Re: Steam on the EL
Posted by:
Lance Grey
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Date: December 22, 2012 01:44AM
Chicago Past recently blogged an IDOT image of Ferdinand @ Oakley from 1939:
http://chicagopast.com/post/38080228634
and what do I see in the distance going over the bridge?
http://chicagopast.com/post/38080228634
and what do I see in the distance going over the bridge?
Re: Steam on the EL
Posted by:
222psm
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Date: December 22, 2012 11:16AM
Love that pic Lance, thanks for posting it.
Re: Steam on the EL
Posted by:
Rustymuscle
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Date: December 24, 2012 11:45AM
Quite amazed at how many structures are still in place in the full photo, including the water tank stand. The ghost sign in Lance's cropped photo is still there, but not legible.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/24/2012 11:55AM by Rustymuscle.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/24/2012 11:55AM by Rustymuscle.
Re: Steam on the EL
Posted by:
Business7007
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Date: April 16, 2013 02:16AM
That is a very nice picture, but it is not of steam on the EL. The steam engines used on the south-side elevated and the Lake Street elevated were much smaller. Here is a link to the best site online if one wants to know about the EL in Chicago.
http://www.chicago-l.org/
http://www.chicago-l.org/
