Category Archives: Chicago stations

Chicago to Cleveland or Pittsburgh: 5 railroad routes until the 1950s

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Gary Garth McCann

As I left Chicago recently on Amtrak’s Capitol Limited, riding over former New York Central rails toward Cleveland on almost the same schedule as New York Central’s Lake Shore Limited, I ate dinner in the diner and then lay in … Continue reading →

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New York Centrail James Whitcomb Riley, menu and photos

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

The two NYC photos below,  of a circular bar in a lounge car on the Riley and of an observation car, are reproduced here from Beebe & Clegg, The Trains We Rode. I rode the Riley twice, first in 1963, connecting from the Challenger … Continue reading →

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Pennsylvania Railroad schedule, July 30, 1961

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Gary Garth McCann

Front cover above, back cover below. A unique feature of Pennsy’s system schedules was the map of stations in Chicago, below.

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