N&W GP40 #1372 with commuter train?

[NW Mailing List]

OK, I'll stand corrected.
I sure won't argue with Ken or Jim.
Tom Cosgrove

NW Mailing List wrote:

> Actually they did. After the end of regular passenger service, the N&W 

> quietly returned to tuscan red. Car 537, renumbered to 1009 on 

> conversion to a commuter car, rolled out of the paint shop in tuscan 

> in 1971 or 1972, don't have the exact dates in front of me.

>

> Ken Miller

>

> On Sep 23, 2009, at 4:09 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

>

>> But they sure didn't use Red cars. All blue as I recall, with a blue 

>> (Wabash?) E8

>> Tom Cosgrove

>>

>> NW Mailing List wrote:

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> -----Original Message-----

>>> From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

>>> To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

>>> Sent: Mon, Sep 14, 2009 11:06 pm

>>> Subject: N&W GP40 #1372 with commuter train?

>>>

>>> RailPictures.net image of N&W GP40 #1372 with a tuscan red passenger 

>>> train in tow. Remarks claim its a commuter train?? Did the N&W do 

>>> commuter service in Chicago? Sharp looking train for a commuter. 

>>> :-)  Yes, indeed.  NW operated a commuter service from Orland Park 

>>> to LaSalle Street Station five days a week.

>>> It was known on the Decatur Division as the "poor boy".  After 

>>> Friday's arrival at Orland Park, the crew

>>> would bring engine and cars back to Decratur  for service.  The crew 

>>> would leave early Monday AM to

>>> arrive at Orland Park to take the commuters to Chicago.   The crew 

>>> had quarters at Orland Park for

>>> the four nights they spent away-from-home.  According to Bill 

>>> Bridger, a Supt who'd started in engine

>>> service on the Wabash, the fireman on "the poor boy" had a day job 

>>> at an upscale Chicago department

>>> store.   From memory, the passenger cars had two seats on one side 

>>> of the aisle and three on the

>>> other.   Believe service is now provided by the city of 

>>> Chicago.                     Harry Bundy

>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

>>>

>>>

>>> ________________________________________

>>> NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org

>>> To change your subscription go to

>>> http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list

>>> Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at

>>> http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/

>>

>>

>> -- 

>> Tom Cosgrove

>> N2VFK

>> NREMT-B

>> SKYWARN Spotter LME002

>> Red Cross Disaster Volunteer since 1995

>>

>>

>> ________________________________________

>> NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org

>> To change your subscription go to

>> http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list

>> Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at

>> http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/

>

> ________________________________________

> NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org

> To change your subscription go to

> http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list

> Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at

> http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/

>

>



-- 
Tom Cosgrove
N2VFK
NREMT-B
SKYWARN Spotter LME002
Red Cross Disaster Volunteer since 1995