Nostalgia & History > Some More of Rick Burn's Photo -- CNW and MILW

1. CNW GP7 1523 and Train 336 at Tower Rd., Winnetka, IL, July 1963

2. MILW 35A Train 2, Afternoon Hi, Redwing, MN, November 1965

3. MILW Train 1, Rondout, IL, circa 1965

Enjoy,
Marty Bernard

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Did the CN&W have a third main track there at one time?

If yoy are referring to the first photo, The North Shore Shore Line ran in the vacant space to the right.

Marty Bernard

Grent photos!  Loved that wooden NWX reefer behind the Geep!

In Photo 1, that's a passenger Geep, and that wood reefer sure looks like an old Train-Miniature model! === === = === JLH

MartyBernard Wrote:
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> If yoy are referring to the first photo, The North
> Shore Shore Line ran in the vacant space to the
> right.
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> Marty Bernard Yes, I kind of wondered if that was the North Shore. If the North Shore quit in Jan,63, it sure looks like the track has been gone a long time. They must  have not wasted any time in getting the track up.

Or perhaps a "dual service" (freight and passenger) geep?

highgreengraphics Wrote:
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> In Photo 1, that's a passenger Geep, and
> that wood reefer sure looks like an old
> Train-Miniature model! === === = === JLH

This is along the old Shore Line of the North Shore, is it not?

--Jim Baker

Yes, that was the Shore Line.  I don't know the date service on it was abandoned.  Probably in the 50s.  It was the Skokie Valley Route that lasted until January, 1963.

Marty Bernard

The Shore Line's service ceased in 1955.  Not sure when the track was actually taken up.  My friends and I used to explore the old stations in Winnetka and Indian Hill back in the mid-60s when we were ne'er-do-well elementary schoolers.  They were boarded up, but if you were small enough, you could squeeze through and go in with a flashlight and still see some of the old interiors.  It was rare for us to see freight moving on the C&NW, but every month or two, we managed to see a short freight or work train.

Thanks for sharing those photos Marty,

-John