Bordens condensed milk is still sold in the Chicago area, just not their refrigerated products.
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Regarding parking, the Belmont-Central Chamber of Commerce owns and maintains a small parking garage, just south of Belmont on the west side of Central, that provides free parking. That area is still thriving.
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The tanks with the checkerboard markings were actually piston holders. There was a large piston inside that worked like the floating tank, and the seal was maintained by oil pumped to the seals around the piston.
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I wonder if there are still manifestations on that bridge?
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wolfhound1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I just stumbled upon this chat and it may be of no > interest, but I am familiar with the Lund Coal > Company. It was started by my great grandparents > in the late 1800's. Feel free to ask me any > question and I may be of some help. So, anyone have a question?
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Let's post this up and see if anyone knows.
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Sounds like an interesting urban archaeology project.
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Anyone experienced the construction at/around the Wilson station yet?
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Any one know if any of the 1920's vintage trailers are still in exitence on CTA property?
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Mr Downtown Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ^Car 1812. Thanks. I never understood why they only did one car like that.
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Dunning1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Run a tunnel from Union Station, where it comes in > from now, to the Clinton Stop on the Blue Line, > and you've got it. I don't know if you could > electrify it though as the line goes through the > CN Schiller Park Yard, and touches the eastern > side of the CN Bensenville Yard. I've always >
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Dunning1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's the Metra North Central Line. I am looking > at it out of my office window. There are stops > both in Rosemont (at Balmoral) and at O'Hare > Transfer, just south of Higgins Road. Ok, now all we need to do is figure a way to connect it to the "superstation" under Block 37, and electrify it
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With one exception, the brown cars were all wooden l cars. That one exception was a wood car repainted in the Mercury Green, Croydon Cream and Swamp Holley Orange paint scheme used on the 6000's. It even had a single onboard headlight installed at each end, similar to the early 6000's (just no headlight under the left-hand window), right below the motorman's window. Wish I had that CERA bulletin o
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The blue and white PCC's were the prewar cars. They originally ran on Madison Street
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I was looking at the Trolley Dodger recently, and there was an item about CSL's Peter Witt cars, the Sedans. It's too bad they didn't save any for future posterity.
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That reminds me: does anyone know which Metra line runs past O'Hare? Maybe that could be an express route.
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Yeah, look at those sidewalks around the base of the building. I'll bet they were no more than 8 feet wide, if that. And the building looks like it has load bearing masonry walls, so they couldn't have cut the sidewalks through the building like what you see on Congress Street downtown. Too bad, as it was a classy looking building.
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