Hicks Car Works

Wednesday was another busy day for the Car Dept.  Over in Barn 4, Steve Smunt was working again on the rear vestibule of the 277.  Unfortuna...

More Chicago Surface Lines photos from Al Simms.   #1       Argo, Mar. 1934 C&J and CSL 5508 Karl Pearson       #2         5-26-40 South...

 CRT photos from Al Simms.  As before, many have little information.  But thanks to my vast knowledge of the CA&E, I can place most of t...

Frank writes… As always, the big news this second weekend of August was Diesel Days, when incessant rumbling and acrid smoke fill the air in...

Back to the Simms Collection -- we have lots more CSL and CRT to publish!   Unfortunately, most of these have little or no information on th...

This is just a fraction of what was going on during Thursday.  The CA&E third rail beams are nearly done, except that the new hanger cas...