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Underground railways of a different sort..........
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Here's another fascinating page on the old CHICAGO TUNNEL COMPANY; check out the photos of the COMPLEX interlockings and junctions (and interlacing overhead!) at junctions! Shocked

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/chicago-freight-tunnels

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Talk about a SURVIVOR!

Here we have No. 508, the VERY last surviving CTC "lokie"; it and its decrepit train sat abandoned in a forgotten tunnel for decades, before finally being rescued! Shocked

https://www.irm.org/player/ctc508

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And here is another fortunate survivor of the old "CTC", wooden "freight" car No. 856! Wink

https://www.irm.org/player/ctc856

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 12:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is an OUTSTANDING site (w/many rare photos and other historical data) on the old "CHICAGO TUNNEL COMPANY"; some rare photos of the "lokies", as well as photos depicting the intricate trackwork, day-to-day operations, etc.

ENJOY! Wink

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https://thetrolleydodger.com/2016/04/12/lifting-the-lid-in-the-loop/
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 1:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another fascinating, non-passenger carrying underground railway carried mail beneath the busy streets of London for many decades; here we have detailed historical info, photos of motive power, rolling stock, etc.

This was yet another fascinating and busy underground electric "railway"; its rich and colorful history is indeed most interesting.......... Wink

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Post_Office_Railway

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 1:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's another page, with rare historical photos, as well of those from more recently.

As you can see, this was once a vital and bustling little underground urban electric railway..........

https://www.postalmuseum.org/collections/story-of-mail-rail/

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 5:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
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Here's another fascinating page on the old CHICAGO TUNNEL COMPANY; check out the photos of the COMPLEX interlockings and junctions (and interlacing overhead!) at junctions! Shocked

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/chicago-freight-tunnels

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Very interesting!
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