I just discovered another treasure trove of CA&E photos from the Simms collection that I hadn't even looked through yet. As usual, captions below the pictures are copied from the prints.
We'll start with the jewel of the fleet:
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| note the three man crew CA+E at Glen Ellyn 309 I can't find the negative of this one I think this was 1938 or 1939 The other car was probably 306 The window glass was already boarded up |
And next, a complete roster of box motors!
#5:
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| June 22, 1943 |
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| Mar 26, 1944 #9:  |
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| Jan 1945 #11: |
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| Jan 5, 39 |
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| Mar 26, 1944 There was never a #13. #15: |
#45:
And various in-service pictures:
451 still in the Futura, hitting the IC diamond at Elmhurst. Coming soon to a museum near you:
 Car 16 on the Batavia shuttle, passing under the route 25 bridge:  |
A view you don't often see: looking down from the tower. In this view, the Elgin train could be either eastbound or westbound. |
Interior photos are always interesting. This appears to be car 10, but the baggage racks are not what I would expect.
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Next, a couple of freight crew pictures:  L to R Goose Martin, Ralph Gargo(?) Mr. Keck & Frank Krejcek
(So that's 2 1/2 names for four men. What can I say?) |
Finally, some fan trips!
This is the Illini Railroad Club at Batavia, of course, and I believe the 316 is behind the 317:
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Probably the CERA. Not sure of the location.
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Probably the CERA trip of Aug. 6, 1939, last trip on Aurora street trackage. The 419 is the regular service car. I guess we have a railfan from Yale!
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Interesting to see that #11 was at one point set up as an ice cutter car, like our North Shore #213.
ReplyDeleteMorning Randall - thanks again for sharing these! Looked through the negs I have of the 318. Date of the trip was September 2, 1940. Have two negs of the car at Smith's Siding (but amazingly, no other shots of it on that trip) - possible match to what you have? Hope this helps, Art
ReplyDeleteThanks, Art. There are several fan trip pictures of the 318 alone, but I'm not sure whether there was only one such trip. On the trip of Sept. 2, 1940, they weighed the car ("empty and dry") on the scale track at Wayne, and that's the only accurate measurement I know of for an operating car. Do these pictures of yours have streamer sash?
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