Friday, August 31, 2018

CA&E Scrapbook


As mentioned earlier, Chuck Lind donated a scrapbook of CA&E paperwork and photos that he collected back in 1962.  Here's a small sample of what we have.  This book will be placed in the Strahorn Library.

There's a large collection of blank forms used by the railroad, many of which I am unable to remove from the book for scanning.   But even a small railroad like the CA&E had a lot of paperwork involved in running the business.





And then there are many pictures of the Wheaton yards in 1962.  The north yard tracks:


Cars 456 and 453 in front of the shop:


Car 36:


Cars 320 and 36 on the mainline, waiting to be moved out for preservation:


Those that weren't so lucky:


This structure doesn't look familiar to me.  I'm not sure where it was:




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