A Long Time Ago.. Actually a decade ago, I have taken this. It was at the NC Transportation Museum. The last time I rode a Pullman coach on a road line, it was back in 1974 from Niles...

Stephan G

Actually a decade ago, I have taken this. It was at the NC Transportation Museum.

The last time I rode a Pullman coach on a road line, it was back in 1974 from Niles on the Burlington running to the Loop in Chicago. The ride cost me only a dime. I liked riding this because I could step off the step onto the road at the curve before entry into the station area. This gave me a block to walk to the Chicago and Northwestern so I could get to Lombard out west.

Good "Iron" memories.

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rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

Sounds like a complicated commute despite the ticket price.

Stephan G

rjaywallace wrote:

Sounds like a complicated commute despite the ticket price.

Actually, it was easier than it sounds.

The trip took place during the afternoon rush hour. I ended reading a paperback on each such trip. That was the more expensive part of the ride.

I think my CNW trip ran me about two dollars. I cannot exactly recall. My two alternatives were the CTA and my car. There was a girlfriend in Lombard.

I know that METRA costs a heck lot more today. And my girlfriend moved on.

Thanks for viewing and comment.

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

BTW, very nice railcar image from the NC Transportation Museum!

Stephan G

rjaywallace wrote:

BTW, very nice railcar image from the NC Transportation Museum!

The "model" certainly was nice.

A very well kept car, indeed. CNW retired their coaches from their commuter lines some time before I started using their trains up in Chicago. So it was a pleasant surprise for me to see the car.

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

My comments were prompted by knowledge of the area. I lived in Evanston after 1975 and rode the L to the Loop, but then lived 18 years in the western area of Downers/Naperville and rode the Burlington/Metra to the Loop. Many, many years. Thought the train was great. Read newspapers and listened to tapes on a Sony.

Stephan G

rjaywallace wrote:

My comments were prompted by knowledge of the area. I lived in Evanston after 1975 and rode the L to the Loop, but then lived 18 years in the western area of Downers/Naperville and rode the Burlington/Metra to the Loop. Many, many years. Thought the train was great. Read newspapers and listened to tapes on a Sony.

And any business calls were put on hold until you got to a phone.

My time in Chicago was from 1955 through 1969 and 1971 through 1975. Then, thanks to Nixon, I had to move south for the income.

I wished to have brought with me the ethnic diversity I enjoyed around Chicagoland. In the South, there are only two cultures. Fried and deep fried.

It is very hard to make people understand how anyone could get around a vast region without a drivers license. My mother never got a driver's license, and yet she got around the city.

DickC Loc: NE Washington state

Nice varnish, thanks!!

Stephan G

DickC wrote:

Nice varnish, thanks!!

Thanks for the comment.

ClinchfieldPaul Loc: Salisbury NC

They used this car in the making of the George Cloney movie "Leatherheads"

Stephan G

ClinchfieldPaul wrote:

They used this car in the making of the George Cloney movie "Leatherheads"

I heard that movie production companies often leave acquired period pieces in better condition than they find them.

Thanks for the comment.

Stephan G

rjaywallace wrote:

My comments were prompted by knowledge of the area. I lived in Evanston after 1975 and rode the L to the Loop, but then lived 18 years in the western area of Downers/Naperville and rode the Burlington/Metra to the Loop. Many, many years. Thought the train was great. Read newspapers and listened to tapes on a Sony.

Meant to mention that Evanston, Ill, was the birthplace of the sundae, the ice cream treat. And yes, it is the respelling of the word "Sunday" for a good reason. :sm02"

I am aware of the various other claims. However, the Evanston creation was to evade an Official Blue Law.