chicago and western indiana railroad

chicago and western indiana railroad historical little railroad located in dearborn station chicago
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this was very good money back then....
02/24/2017

this was very good money back then....

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47TH ST DISPATCHER'S COMPUTER SET UP
09/14/2016

47TH ST DISPATCHER'S COMPUTER SET UP

08/21/2016

i never seen a photo of 15th street tower and often wonder where it was and situated....hopefully a photo will pop up some where.

08/21/2016

i was glad to have seen the control tower at south deering, as that was i heard the 1st remote control interlocking on the cwi, operated
from the main line bridge.

my copy expected saturday.....
08/18/2016

my copy expected saturday.....

new book on amazon.com august 2016 release

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patch's are $4 each

new book on amazon.com august 2016 release
06/24/2016

new book on amazon.com august 2016 release

06/10/2016

finally got the finished prouduct and it's gives us info that we as railroader 's may have heard of but were not sure of.

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Dearborn Station
Chicago, IL
60601

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I worked for the c.w.I. railroad in 1979 & 1980 hired 1st as leverman/telephone/ operator 1 month later they asked me to become a : trainman/ switch tender. fall of 1979: they abolished the switchtender job at Pullman junction due to the beltrailway installing c.t.c. there. the boss's felt bad to have gave me a job only to be laid off and I was reassigned to the 5 tower system on the extra board. they later got me a job with the i.h.b. rr in dec 1980.

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hey just wanted to say hi to everyone and i know im from michigan but i got a little something for you for model railroading
This is the one-time 47th St Tower of the C&WI in Chicago. Operations on the C&WI (23rd-74th St) were already under control of a Dispatcher at Metra's Consolidated Control Facility and the tower did not have long for this world when I took this photo in the Summer of 1999. View looks N/W.
I worked as a leverman (extra board) for about 2 1/2 years 1965,1966. Worked all the towers 12th Street, 18th Street, 21st Street, 47 Street, 74th Street, 81st Street, Pullman Junction, The Bridge, & State Line. Also was training to be a Train Dispatcher. September 1967 I could see the hand writing on the wall, no future, the railroad was about to die do to automation. My Father In Law Frank Diehl was a Baggage Foreman @ Dearborn Station whom spoke for me to get hired.
I have about 700 unused tickets for this railroad all different , anyone interested if I decide to sell them ?
I've had this photo for years, not sure what it is .
Info on reefer.
Found this pic, and the one following, online. The photographer said that it was just before they filled in the C&WI where it passed under the CRI&P bridges around 18th. Needless to say, the story is that they bulldozed the cars into scrap, then buried everything.
16th St Tower from the Rock
Found this photo online (Someplace dealing with C&EI). Question: Since that structure to the left appears to be the southern end of the Erie/EL/Lifschultz freight house, would the tower be the C&WI 15th Street?