Sunday, June 7, 2026

Simms Collection -- Yet More CA&E

This time I'm limiting the content mostly to pictures that have captions on the back.


10-14-45

This the normal train
on Sunday after noon
1945

This is the substitute train
coming from Elgin
scene looking northwest

July 28, 1946
Stewart ave. Lombard

1946    CA+E
west bound Cannonball an eight car train.  Pullman car
is lead   2nd car Cincinnati
built for W.B.+A  rebuilt
by C A + E in 1938.  Three trains
left at 4:55 totaling 18 cars
First 4 cars would lay up
at Aurora.  The second 4
cars would lay up at Elgin
There was a shuttle for Batavia.

7-28-46
in the IC interchange
on Elgin branch


The next two, without any info, are mysterious.
The first one must be somewhere along Anderson Blvd (Geneva)
or 3rd Ave. St. Charles


But the next one has me stumped.  Where exactly are we?


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