November 21, 2015
Hol - Much appreciate the cleaned-up Shabbona image. Sure looks
better! I'll tag the image as Train No. 51 thanks to your time table research.
You are a great resource of information. One comment on the folded-up
coupler for the newer members in our Group. This was done to
prevent "impaling" a horse and wagon or buggy on a grade crossing and
forcing them beneath the pilot most likely resulting in a derailment at
speed. I've seen the same folding coupler design on
the early Class P Atlantic type locomotives, too. With the
coupler folded up, if anything was hit at speed on a grade crossing it would
most likely be deflected by the pilot to either side of the
right-of-way. Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
In a message dated 11/21/2015 12:16:51 P.M. Central Standard Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
[Attachment(s) from Hol Wagner
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From: Hol Wagner
<holpennywagner@msn.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2015
10:05 AM
To: LZadnichek@aol.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Cuckoo
clock [3 Attachments]
Louis:
Attached is a cleaned up and slightly cropped version of the image.
Given the information you have provided and using March and November 1914
public timetables (the only 1914 ones I have), the train is most likely No.
51, the Northern Pacific Express, which departed Chicago at 9:30 a.m., Aurora
at 10:28 and ran non-stop through Shabbona to Rochelle, arriving at 11:40
a.m., and finally reaching Minneapolis at 10:55 p.m. No. 51 and its
eastbound/southbound counterpart, No. 52, the Atlantic Express, were
electric lighted and equipped as follows: "Between Chicago, St. Paul and
Minneapolis, standard drawing-room and tourist sleeping cars, first-class
high-back-seat coach and smoker-coach. Chicago to St. Paul and
Minneapolis, observation sleeping car, chair car and dining car." Oddly,
that appears to be two different though similar equipment listings for the
same train. Whatever the case, Q No. 51 connected at St. Paul with NP
No. 3, which departed St. Paul at 10:30 for Seattle and Tacoma, connecting at
Spokane with SP&S No. 3 for Portland. Leaving Chicago on Monday
morning at 9:30, one arrived in Seattle at 11:00 Thursday morning. On
the through train equipment listing, the following is shown: "Chicago to
Seattle, Tacoma and Portland, through standard drawing-room and tourist
sleeping cars to Portland, connecting en route with through standard and
tourist sleeping cars to Seattle and Tacoma, coaches, smoking car and dining
car. Chicago to St. Paul and Minneapolis, observation, standard
drawing-room and tourist sleeping cars, chair car and dining car."
The only other westbound/northbound train through Shabbona near mid-day was
daily-except-Sunday all-stops local No. 19 which left Chicago at 8:00 a.m. and
reached Shabbona at10:47 and terminated at, of all unlikely places, Flag
Center, at 11:31 a.m. Its eastbound/southbound counterpart was No. 22,
leaving Flag Center at 5:20 p.m. and reaching Chicago at 9:00 p.m.
Hol
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