Nostalgia & History > Ex-PRR SW7 working in Chicago

Dec 1976
After this Amtrak train had arrived at Chicago Union Station, 9087 is pulling it out to the yard.
That is one of the Valparaiso commuter trains in the background.
Gary


 

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Nice picture, thanks for posting.
Dummy waiting to shove into CUS.

 

Great historic scene.
Bob

Was CR switching for Amtrak because CR still owned 25% of Union Station?

New773 Wrote:
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> Was CR switching for Amtrak because CR still owned
> 25% of Union Station?

I think it was because PC/Conrail still owned the former PRR coach yard that Amtrak was using.  Amtrak eventually purchased that yard and started their own improvements to the facility.

Topfuel Wrote:
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> New773 Wrote:
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> > Was CR switching for Amtrak because CR still
> owned
> > 25% of Union Station?
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> I think it was because PC/Conrail still owned the
> former PRR coach yard that Amtrak was using. 
> Amtrak eventually purchased that yard and started
> their own improvements to the facility.

Correct. Purchased not only the yard but the PC institutional knowledge on how to maintain and operate passenger trains.
AT&SF across the river and CB&Q across the tracks knew nothing.
Only gotten better since then.

PC actually owned 50% of CUS.  The PFW&C and PCC&StL each had 25% giving the PRR 50%.