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Rusty TraqueOGR Forum Member

From CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/04/...mail-rail/index.html

Rusty

2/5/168:08 AM

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prrhorseshoecurveOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

NICE! Next time I go, I will have to add this to my Train ride list!

2/5/168:51 AM

Dominic MazochOGR Forum Member

I think Chicago had a like system, but for local freight service.

2/5/164:27 PM

Rule292OGR Forum Member

Dominic Mazoch posted:
I think Chicago had a like system, but for local freight service.

As Popeye would say "Faskinating" - I have the Forty Feet Below book (and had the video till someone borrowed and never returned it) of the Chicago Freight tunnels and the 2' railroad that served underground Chicago. The whole sixty miles or so of the thing was carved out of clay with knives. Neat stuff

2/6/168:04 AM

Dominic MazochOGR Forum Member

Was the Cicago system powered with overhead, outside third rail or center third rail?

2/6/168:10 AM

Rusty TraqueOGR Forum Member

Dominic Mazoch posted:
Was the Cicago system powered with overhead, outside third rail or center third rail?

Chicago Tunnel was powered by overhead wire.

Illinois Railway Museum rescued a locomotive and ash car before the tunnels were sealed off after the Great Chicago Flood.

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