Nostalgia & History > A Busy Day at CUS 1967

Frank Tribbey seemed to catch quite a bit of action in a short span of time near Chicago Union Station, which wasn't exactly too hard to do prior to the end of the mail contract and eventually Amtrak. Here's a few inbound trains and also busy mail transfers at work in 1967.

1) The California Zephyr winds through puzzle switches to a platform pulled by three E7's while an IC job brings a string of PRR boxes to Polk Street passing a PRR job of its own with baggage cars

2) A rear view of the CZ and the IC job

3) An E8 leads a second section(?) with an FM switcher and PRR switcher stationary

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4) A two car commuter train comes in while the IC job backs out, and a MILW job heads out for 16th street

5) A look at the IC switcher and caboose racing the MILW job

6) What was hiding in the upper right corner of pic 4, an inbound GM&O train passes the two jobs with an E and F combo

Frank Tribbey photos from a random day in 1967
PQM



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/22/17 09:27 by BNSF-6432.

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True treasures.
Thanks for posting these.
Bob

Great scenes that you recorded.
ALLEN

Terrific photos, thanks. Train in photo 3 looks like one of the Twin Cities Zephyrs.

-John

Spectacular.

Wow, the amount of Chicago railroad history you have in these series of photos is awesome.
Just looking close at each photo brings out so much information.
The various railroad's switch engines. The various passenger cars including as what appears as a Pennsy painted in UP/Milw colors.
And of course the massive Pennsy Freight House in the background. I remember them having one "Heck" of a time bringing that one down.
And the GM&O F-3 with the E-7. I remember those trains flying thru my home town of Lockport.
Feel free to post more and tantalize out imaginations of a way back machine.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

Plenty of interesting details in every photo.

The Zephyr looks like it's been through some tough winter weather.

thanks for posting.

Unbelievable photos! The locos, the passenger cars, the mail cars, the cabooses, the track work, all incredible!

rantoul Wrote:
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> What is the vertical red-ish object in photo 4
> upper right?


New 18th Street bridge draw span under construction.

TAW

Photo 3 looks like either the Afternoon or Morning Zephyr. Notice the home built dome in the consist, evidenced by the rectangular glass.

andersonb109 Wrote:
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> Photo 3 looks like either the Afternoon or Morning
> Zephyr. Notice the home built dome in the consist,
> evidenced by the rectangular glass.


Given the relative time of day these photos were take, which I'm guessing at, I
would say it's the eastbound "morning Zephyr." These photos are why Rosevelt(sp)
Road is a must stop in every railfans life.

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

Thanks for posting this good stuff from 1967.