N&W GP40 #1372 with commuter train?

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Actually they did. After the end of regular passenger service, the N&W  
quietly returned to tuscan red. Car 537, renumbered to 1009 on  
conversion to a commuter car, rolled out of the paint shop in tuscan  
in 1971 or 1972, don't have the exact dates in front of me.

Ken Miller

On Sep 23, 2009, at 4:09 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:


> But they sure didn't use Red cars. All blue as I recall, with a blue  

> (Wabash?) E8

> Tom Cosgrove

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> NW Mailing List wrote:

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>> Subject: N&W GP40 #1372 with commuter train?

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>> RailPictures.net image of N&W GP40 #1372 with a tuscan red  

>> passenger train in tow. Remarks claim its a commuter train?? Did  

>> the N&W do commuter service in Chicago? Sharp looking train for a  

>> commuter. :-)  Yes, indeed.  NW operated a commuter service from  

>> Orland Park to LaSalle Street Station five days a week.

>> It was known on the Decatur Division as the "poor boy".  After  

>> Friday's arrival at Orland Park, the crew

>> would bring engine and cars back to Decratur  for service.  The  

>> crew would leave early Monday AM to

>> arrive at Orland Park to take the commuters to Chicago.   The crew  

>> had quarters at Orland Park for

>> the four nights they spent away-from-home.  According to Bill  

>> Bridger, a Supt who'd started in engine

>> service on the Wabash, the fireman on "the poor boy" had a day job  

>> at an upscale Chicago department

>> store.   From memory, the passenger cars had two seats on one side  

>> of the aisle and three on the

>> other.   Believe service is now provided by the city of  

>> Chicago.                     Harry Bundy

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