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40Thanniv Ersary
Spring 2011 • $7 95 FSharing tihe exr periencste of Fastest railways past and present & rsary nive 40th An Things Were Not the Same after May 1, 1971 by George E. Kanary D-Day for Amtrak 5We certainly did not see Turboliners in regular service in Chicago before Amtrak. This train is In mid April, 1971, I was returning from headed for St. Louis in August 1977. —All photos by the author except as noted Seattle, Washington on my favorite train to the Pacific Northwest, the NORTH back into freight service or retire. The what I considered to be an inauspicious COAST LIMITED. For nearly 70 years, friendly stewardess-nurses would find other beginning to the new service. Even the the flagship train of the Northern Pacific employment. The locomotives and cars new name, AMTRAK, was a disappoint - RR, one of the oldest named trains in the would go into the AMTRAK fleet and be ment to me, since I preferred the classier country, had closely followed the route of dispersed country wide, some even winding sounding RAILPAX, which was eliminat - the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804, up running on the other side of the river on ed at nearly the last moment. and was definitely the super scenic way to the Milwaukee Road to the Twin Cities. In addition, wasn’t AMTRAK really Seattle and Portland. My first association That was only one example of the serv - being brought into existence to eliminate with the North Coast Limited dated to ices that would be lost with the advent of the passenger train in America? Didn’t 1948, when I took my first long distance AMTRAK on May 1, 1971. -
Milwaukee Road
, T E MARC GREEN: -30 Marc Green, director of information services, retired on March 31, ending a distinguished ca reer of 39 years with the Milwaukee Road. For 36 of those years it would be no exaggeration to state that Marc served as the voice of the railroad. Marc joined the Milwaukee in 1936 in the Real Estate Department. He transferred to the Public Relations Department in 1939 as assist ant editor of the Milwaukee Road Magazine, one of the railroad industry's oldest employee pub lications. Marc became editor in 1940, a post he filled ably and creatively until 1958 when he was named director of publicity. He was appointed director of information services in 1972. During his long career Marc wrote literally millions of words about the Milwaukee Road. His positions in the Public Relations Department provided him with a vantage point afforded to few people who have worked for the railroad. In the magazine, annual reports, countless news releases and an endless procession of other publi cations Marc reported the activities of the Mil waukee Road during some of the most exciting years of its history. Marc was also active in various professional associations. He is a former president of the American Railroad Magazine Editors Associa tion (now the Association of Railroad Editors) ; a member of the Chicago Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America; a member of the Chicago Public Relations Clinic; and a member of the Railroad Public Relations Association. Those who had the privilege of associating with Marc Green know him as a talented writer, a keen observer of the times and a loyal and ded icated employee. -
Portland Daily Press: November 30,1891
_ PORTLAND DAILY PR SS. ,JTABLISHED JUNE 23, 1862-VOL. 30___PORTLAND MAINE MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 18£\. 152^ ""£221 PRICE $7 A YEAE, WHEN PAID IN ADVANCE J6. ~ (PICUL iTll(fCEIX4NEOUM. of NOTICES. CITY AOYKKTIHKTIKNTm. NEARING THE HIGH WATER MARK. the comptroller the5“'[Wncy last eve- seems to bring with her the inspired at- that he would turn the bank over TAXES ASSESSED IN ning to mosphere of Grecian day s, and many may DIVERS WAYS. the directors this morning with a view a ON HIS MUSCLE. * to DEATH FOILED. enjoy a short sojourn with here in her na- HIGHEST AWARD CITY OF PORTLAND. resumption of business. | tive clime as she tells us of Its beauties this Sam’s evening at Baxter hall. Uncle Payments to the Vet- MARCHING ON PEKIN. State Assessor* Relate Prentiss Luring has very kindly consent- Some of erans Will Soon Crow Less. ed to preside. Tickets at Stockbrldge’s. elr Discoveries Dr. • • Imperial Troops Fly Before the Taylor Says Mr. Blaine Maniac Waited While the Chinese Insurgents. Is Well. WHEN THE TAHITI CAPSIZED MICE TO VOTERS Tne Census Commended-Report Perfectly Rev. Dr. Hall Preached. They Want a Law Providing for of the Interior repartment. London, November 29—Advices from Three Hundred Persona Probably that the Conventions Shanghai state rebel forces in Met Their Death. Manchuria have defeated the Imperial Board of Registration of Voters, troop9 sent lo suppress the rising in that He Is Active and New York Clergymuu Fol- San Francisco, Oal., November 28.—A Some Big figures Which Tell About Strong Where November 10,1801. -
"The Noon Milwaukee," Rail Classics, March, 1975
THE NOON MILWAUKEE· --- TYPICAL OF TRAINS THAT SERVED . r ROUTES OF MODERATE LENGTH AND . DECIDEDLY SECONDARY IMPORTANCE ,"/ By William D. Middleton Photos by the Author I ~ I ,/ ! i " Didn't all of us who fancied riding From April of 1927 until its demise Milwaukee's venerable F-3 Pacifies. on the cars have some one train that in 1971 the Varsity operated over the Although they were still spirited per was a special favorite? I'm not think Milwaukee's 140-mile route between formers, the F-3s (Alco 1910) were ing about the kind of reverence we Chicago and Madison, Wisconsin. It hardly front rank power on a road that bestowed on the Century, or the Pan was perhaps typical of the better ran the likes of 120 mph Class A At ,I ama, or the other great trains of that trains that served routes of moderate lantics and F-7 Hudsons. I sort, which was based on strict stan length and of decidedly secondary im When diesels came to the Varsity dards of excellence, but rather I have portance. Like such contemporaries in the late 1940s they were most often in mind the kind of attachment that as-for example-IC's Delta Express, drawn from the ranks of the Milwau was based entirely on sentiment and SP's Del Monte, or GN's Gopher and kee's earliest (1941) Alco DL-109 or long familiarity. For most of us our Badger, the Varsity's reputation was, EMD E-6 passenger units, themselves special train was one that played a at best, regional. -
February 2018
Wisconsin Chapter National Railway Historical Society Volume 68 Number 2 February 2018 Sparks and Cinders Our purpose as members of Wisconsin Chapter—National Railway Historical Society is to gather, preserve and disseminate information, both historic and current, pertaining to railroading in Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest. Visit the Chapter Webpage www.nrhswis.org In a scene unable to be repeated. Amtrak #511 leads a northbound Hiawatha train at the old Sturtevant Depot. The new Sturtevant Depot is a couple miles up the track now off Highway 20. This depot has been preserved in a park in Caledonia. Photo by Al Baker In This Issue • From the President • Riding the Rails with the Borleskes • Interesting Railfan Day in Southeast Wisconsin 1 Upcoming Events February 2018 Midwest Railroads in 1989 and 2001 with Al Baker TMER&THS (Traction and Bus Club) Al Baker remarks: "February 2018 marks my return to the www.tmer.org Wisconsin Chapter presentation roster. I lived in Danbury, CT Saturday February 17, 2018 2005-2016 and last presented to the Chapter prior to 2005. For NEW LOCATION - Waterstone Bank February, I’ll use a program I presented at the Danbury Rail- 6560 S 27th Street way Museum (they hold weekly slide shows) about Midwest “Here Comes Our Bus” by Milw County Transit System railroading in the years 1989 and 2001, focusing primarily on the Milwaukee and Wisconsin areas. NMRA WISE Division Monthly Meet Saturday February 17, 2018 8am to 4pm I have been shooting slides with my brother, Bob, since the Bus Trip to Mad City Train Show early 1970’s. -
Metra Directors: 'Dire'
2/4/2019 Metra directors: 'Dire' funding crisis may prompt service cuts | Trains Magazine Metra directors: 'Dire' funding crisis may prompt service cuts By Richard Wronski | January 11, 2019 RELATED TOPICS: METRA | CHICAGO | INFRASTRUCTURE | FINANCING | MIDWEST | COMMUTER Trains Industry Newsletter Get a weekly roundup of the industry news you need. Sign up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine. View our privacy policy. CHICAGO — Three suburban Chicago members of Metra’s board of directors have taken the unusual move of penning a newspaper opinion- editorial expressing their concern about the commuter railroad's “dire” capital funding crisis and warning of potential service cuts. “Without a large infusion of funding from the state of Illinois, we likely will have to shrink the Metra system to match our shrinking resources. If that happens, it will impact our communities and scores of others all across northeast Illinois,” said the op-ed, published Friday in the suburban Daily Herald. The three directors include Rodney Craig, mayor of Hanover Park; Timothy Baldermann, mayor of New Lenox, and Don De Graff, mayor of South Holland. Their op-ed is part of a campaign by Metra to urge passengers and the public to press legislators in Illinois' capital city, Springfield, to approve a state infrastructure bond program. The mayors cited a recent white paper commissioned by Metra and prepared by the Rail Transportation and Engineering Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This paper says the failure to spend $1 in preventive maintenance now can cost $4 in deferred maintenance later. -
Railroad Paint Color Reference
RAILROAD PAINT AND COLOR REFERENCE Compiled by: Eric Schlentner Big E Productions, LLC The following data has been compiled from many sources including online, user submissions and di- rect inquiry. This information has been edited, corrected and compiled into the reference list that fol- lows. Currently, the list is divided into the following sections: • Diesel & Passenger Cars • Pullman Company • Steam • Freight Cars • Structures More sections will be added as necessary. Where information is available, interior colors are included. We encourage all users of this list to submit corrections if needed as well as new information on current formulations and colors to be added to the list. Including provenance is especially appreciated, almost mandatory. We can be contacted through our website contact page at: https://bigeprod.com/contact/contact.html Other Contact Information: Big E Productions, LLC PO Box 19176 New Franklin, OH 44319 (234) 542-7754 Please note that this list is formatted to print on 8-1/2” X 14” legal size paper. Disclaimer: The list is “Use at your own risk”, not everything has been verified. This is also a “living” document subject to change without notice. Notes: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Prefixes and Suffixes DuPont was the preeminent paint and coatings supplier to the railroad industry. We’re slowly build- ing a list of DuPont prefixes and suffixes to help decipher the older product lines. We’ll add more as we learn more. Additions and corrections would be welcome. Original DuPont Products: Duco - nitrocellulose lacquer Dulux - alkyd enamel Lucite - acrylic lacquer Centari - acrylic enamel Imron - polyurethane Note: In most cases, the same color number could be used with the different product lines. -
The Year in Photos
1935 - 2012 VOLUME 43 NUMBER 13 DISTRICT 2 - CHAPTER W EBSITE: W W W .NRHS1.ORG SPECIAL 2012 BEST OF THE BEST 2012 - THE YEAR IN PHOTOS AUTUMN ON THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR AMTRAK NORTHEAST REGIONAL TRAIN NO. 84 WITH HHP8 NO. 661 NORTHBOUND ON NUMBER 2 TRACK AT THE BIG CURVE AT STEMMERS RUN, MARYLAND ON OCTOBER 22, 2012. COPYRIGHTED PHOTO BY GEORGE PITZ, AMTRAK - USED WITH PERMISSION. © LANCASTER CHAPTER, NATIONAL RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 2012. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED OR DISTRIBUTED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE EDITOR. LANCASTER DISPATCHER PAGE 2 SPECIAL EDITION 2012 THE POWER DIRECTOR - 2012 SPECIAL EDITION AMTRAK’S “GREAT DOME” CAR IN 2012, AMTRAK EXTENSIVELY OPERATED ITS ONLY REMAINING DOME CAR, NO. 10031, THE OCEAN VIEW, ON THE ADIRONDACK, CARDINAL AND HIAWATHA CORRIDOR TRAINS BETWEEN CHICAGO AND MILWAUKEE - EVEN VENTURING TO INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA ON THE CARDINAL AND HOOSIER STATE TRAINS. THE BUDD COMPANY BUILT THE CAR IN 1955 AS GREAT NORTHERN NO. 1391, ONE OF SIX FULL-LENGTH DOMES THE FOR THE CHICAGO-SEATTLE/PORTLAND EMPIRE BUILDER OPERATED BY GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY AND SPOKANE, PORTLAND & SEATTLE RAILWAY. TRAIN NO. 68, THE ADIRONDACK, HEADS SOUTH ALONG LAKE CHAMPLAIN WITH PHASE III P42DC 145 AND DOME CAR 10031 AHEAD OF THE NORMAL CONSIST OF AMFLEET CARS NEAR PORT KENT, NEW YORK - PHOTO BY KEVIN BURKHOLDER. AUTUMN ON THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR AMTRAK ACELA EXPRESS TRAIN NO. 2151 WITH POWER CAR 2039 LEADING GOES UNDER THE 836 SIGNALS ON NO. 3 TRACK SOUTHBOUND AT BENGIES, MD. -
Varsity Magazine Vol 1 No 1
THE OFFICIAL ONLINE MAGAZINE OF WISCONSIN ATHLETICS DECEMBER 7, 2010 • VOL. 1 NO. 1 INSIDE: BADGERING ... TRAVIS RUTT § THIS WEEK IN BADGER HISTORY § WHERE ARE THEY NOW? ... BROOKS BOLLINGER InIn This This IssueIssue Welcome to ‘Varsity’ 4 An introduction to UW Athletics’ new publication By the Numbers 5 Step Up To The Mike 6-7 MIke Lucas answers fans’ questions Question of the Week 8 What can’t the Badgers travel without? Badgering ... Travis Rutt 10 Mike Lucas: 12-13 Familiar site, foe for Badgers in Pasadena 5 Things to Watch 14 This Week in Badger Athletics 15 Football 16-17 A rundown of UW’s award candidates Men’s Basketball 18 Junior guard is “Taylor-made” for Wisconsin Women’s Basketball 20 Lisa Stone set for return to Drake Men’s Hockey 21 Badgers scoring big from blue line Women’s Hockey 22 Get to know sophomore Stefanie McKeough This Week in Badger History 24 Where Are They Now? 25 Catching up with Rose Bowl QB Brooks Bollinger The Voice with Matt Lepay 27 At left, the UW men’s basketball team meets Mickey Mouse during its trip to Walt Disney World for the Old Spice Classic. At right, the women’s hockey team takes in a Pittsburgh Penguins practice before opening its series with Robert Morris. At left, men’s hockey senior Patrick Johnson poses in front of Mt. Susitna in Anchorage prior to the Badgers’ series with Alaska Anchorage last weekend. Above, members of the women’s basketball team pose near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco during their Thanksgiving weekend trip. -
Visit Our Website, ~Enjoy Exploring the Days When the KATY ‘Served the Southwest Well’!~
COMPILED BY Jim Younger This document contains every annual index (41 total; two years had the same volume number) to the Katy Flyer Magazine. Nearly every item found in the Flyer is indexed. It is hoped that railfans, researchers and historians will find these indexes to be of use in obtaining information about all aspects of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, affectionately known as The ‘Katy’. NOTE: This document is available only as a pdf download; the practice of producing cds has been discontinued. Also, the ‘major articles’ master index has been discontinued; It is redundant with the superior search capability of Adobe®. ‘Major’ articles may be identified in the annual indexes by their (usually mulitiple) page length. Using Adobe® Reader’s search features, any word or phrase in this document can be easily located. The ‘search’ feature (binoculars icon) is found on the toolbar above. Navigation is possible by using the bookmarks found to the left or by using the up/down arrows located on the right or by using the page arrows found at the bottom of the screen. The Flyer ‘s publication history can best be viewed in the following table: Vol 1 1978 Vol 11a 1989 Vol 22 2000 Vol 33 2011 Vol 2 1979 Vol 12 1990 Vol 23 2001 Vol 34 2012 Vol 3 1980 Vol 13 1991 Vol 24 2002 Vol 35 2013 Vol 4 1981 Vol 14 1992 Vol 25 2003 Vol 36 2014 Vol 5 1982 Vol 15 1993 Vol 26 2004 Vol 37 2015 Vol 6 1983 Vol 16 1994 Vol 27 2005 Vol 38 2016 Vol 7 1984 Vol 17 1995 Vol 28 2006 Vol 39 2017 Vol 8 1985 Vol 18 1996 Vol 29 2007 Vol 40 2018 Vol 9 1986 Vol 19 1997 Vol 30 2008 Vol 10 1987 Vol 20 1998 Vol 31 2009 Vol 11 1988 Vol 21 1999 Vol 32 2010 Visit Our Website, www.katyrailroad.org ~Enjoy exploring the days when The KATY ‘Served the Southwest Well’!~ This file is in pdf format and requires the free Adobe® Reader which can be found at www.adobe.com. -
Downtown Evanston Performing Arts Study
DOWNTOWN EVANSTON PERFORMING ARTS STUDY PREPARED FOR THE CITY OF EVANSTON AND THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS HBRA ARCHITECTS SCHULER SHOOK ARTS CONSULTING GROUP CONSTRUCTION COST SYSTEMS DECEMBER 21, 2012 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS HBRA ARCHITECTS Dennis Rupert Aric Lasher Gary Ainge Emily Ray Lauren Whitehurst Eamon Meulbrock SCHULER SHOOK THEATRE PLANNERS Todd Hensley Christopher Sprague ARTS CONSULTING GROUP Willem Brans Elizabeth Richter CONSTRUCTION COST SYSTEMS Paul Laudolff Clive Bransby STAKEHOLDERS AND FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANTS Larry DiStasi, Actors Gymnasium Andrew White, Lookingglass Theatre Ronna Hoffberg, Audience Logic Andrew Biliter, Mudlark Theater Terry McCabe, City Lit Theater Michael Miro, Mudlark Theater Béa Rashid, Dance Center Evanston Mark George, Music Institute of Chicago Carolyn Dellutri, Downtown Evanston Kurt & Annette Bjorling, Musical Offering & Chicago Jim Corirossi, Downtown Evanston board member, Klezmer Ensemble member of The aintsS Jon Arndt, Next Theatre Norah Diedrich, Evanston Arts Center Jennifer Avery, Next Theatre Anne Berkeley, Evanston Arts Council Judy Kemp, former board member of Next Theatre Penny Rotheiser, Evanston Arts Council Karen Rigotti, North Shore Choral Society Mike Vasilko, Evanston citizen Tim Evans, Northlight Theatre Sara Schastok, Evanston Community Foundation BJ Jones, Northlight Theatre Christina Ernst, Evanston Dance Ensemble Paul Lehman, Northlight Theatre Ines Sommer, Evanston Film Festival Diane Claussen, Northwestern University Theatre Davis Ellis, Evanston Symphony Amanda Kulczewski, Piccolo Theatre Ronn Stewart, Foster Dance John Szostek, Piccolo Theatre David Colker, Grace Music Project Leslie Brown, Piven Theatre Meggie Hermanson, Joffrey Ballet Steven Rogin, Owner, Varsity Theatre Bridget McDonough, Light Opera Works DOWNTOWN EVANSTON PERFORMING ARTS STUDY HBRA ARCHITECTS DECEMBER 21, 2012 i CONTENTS Underlined page numbers are linked. -
765 in Chicagoland • Open House Breaks Records • the “767”
NEWSLETTER OF THE FORT WAYNE RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY SUMMER 2016 Kevin Sadowski • 765 in Chicagoland • Open House breaks records • The “767” returns IN THIS ISSUE • Society acquires Plymouth locomotive • New membership manager NEWSLETTER OF THE separately, began ticket sales inside of our normal 60-day 3.) Cancel the trips. FORT WAYNE RAILROAD window and with no teaser announcement. While the sales While taking care of our passengers and supporters is HISTORICAL SOCIETY increased after the Varsity, the data painted an interesting central to all of our operations, we couldn’t rationalize the story. risk - our stewardship of the Society and the 765 come first. Despite over 6,000 unique visits to our ticketing page, In our 44 years, we’ve cancelled fewer than a half hundreds of thousands of impressions earned from social dozen excursions. As far as cancellations go, we were media and traditional newspaper advertising and the 765’s fortunate that there was no mechanical or logistical reason - presence on 33 billboards in the Chicagoland area, the it was simply a matter of timing and one that reinforced our Galesburg Special struggled to crest the hill. long-held standards for announcing, marketing, selling and SUMMER 2016 Even with the prospect of high-speed running and executing passenger excursions. There is indeed a method open vestibules, our conclusion was that there was no to the madness and time was not so forgiving. shortage of interest in these trips, but that our shortened We spent the next two weeks refunding over 400 sales window had excluded people who had already made passengers and offered a discount on future excursions.