Stations (east to west) and Carriers at Roosevelt Road:
Central: IC, NYC, Soo
Dearborn: ATSF, C&EI, C&WI, EL, GTW, Monon, Wabash
La Salle Street: NYC, NKP, RI (all NYC trains before 3:30 to or from La Salle Street)
Grand Central: B&O, C&O
Union: CB&Q, GM&O, PRR
Train (Number/Name if known), Engines, Cars, Schedule (all times CST, from October 1964 Official Guide)
1. Wabash No. 112, Orland Park suburban, due in 7:00
2. C&WI RS1 252 switching
3. RI RS3 499, inbound 9-car suburban
4. RI RS3 492, inbound 9-car suburban
5. RI RS3 495 on inbound suburban meeting RI 498 on an outbound
6. RI No. 11, Peoria Rocket, 632 (E7), 5 cars, due out 8:00, meeting inbound suburban behind an RS3
7. RI BL2 426, inbound 5-car suburban
8. NKP No. 5, City of Chicago, 874/485 (RS36/GP9), backing out, 7 cars (due in 6:30), as RI RS3 approaches with inbound suburban
9. RI H15-44 (EMD) 401, inbound 9-car suburban
10. NYC No. 39, World’s Fair Special, 4013/4022 (E7A’s), 13 cars, due in 6:45, via Detroit (LATE)
11. RI RS3 487, inbound 6-car suburban
12. RI FP7 408, inbound 6-car suburban
13. RI RS3 489, inbound 5-car suburban
14. RI RS3 497, inbound 7-car suburban
15. IHB SW7 8865, switch job on NYC
16. RI RS3 494, inbound 7-car suburban
17. B&O No. 5, Capitol Limited, 1445/2414/2408/1415 (E8A/E8B/E8B/E6A), due in 7:20 (LATE)
18. RI RS3 497, light-engine, outbound
19. CB&Q No. 48, Black Hawk/Mainstreeter, 9912A/9912B/9925B (E5A/E5B/E7A), with St. Nicholas Mountain observation rear, due in 7:30 (LATE)
20. CB&Q E8 9973, inbound suburban
21. PRR SW1200 7933, switching
22. PRR No. 90, South Wind, ACL 531/534 (E7A’s), 12 cars, PRR obs. 1126 rear, due out 8:35
23. CB&Q E8 9972, inbound suburban
24. NYC No. 354 (nameless), 4094/4091 (E8’s), 9 cars. Due out 9:25, becomes New York Special at Detroit
25. GTW No. 20, Maple Leaf, 4915/4950 (GP9/GP18), 12 cars, due out 9:30
26. EL No. 6, The World’s Fair, 823/819/858 (E8/E8/PA1), 9 cars, due out 9:35
27. Monon No. 5, Thoroughbred, 25 (RS2), due out 10:00
28. C&WI RS1 259 with Wabash cars, outbound to coach yard
29. Wabash No. 111, Banner Blue, 484/489 (GP9’s), 8 cars, due out 10:55
30. ATSF No. 20, Chief, 29L/29B/19B/19L (F3A/B/B/A), 19 cars, biz car Topeka rear, due in 7:15 a.m. (LATE)
31. ATSF #23, Grand Canyon, 312/312A/312B/45B/45A/45C (F7A/B/B/B/B/A), 20 cars, due out 11:00 (B unit numbers assumed)
32. C&EI No. 54/6, Humming Bird/Georgian, 1609/1600 (FP7’s), 13 cars, due in 9:45 (LATE)
33. CSS&SB 107, Central Station, no details
34. RI No. 3-7, Golden State/Rocky Mountain Rocket, due out 12:40 pm
35. NYC DRS-4-4-1500 (EMD) 7301, switching
36. RI LWT12 2, no details
37. NYC 4012/4106 (E7A/E7B), no details
38. RI RS3 489, outbound suburban
39. NYC No. 8, Wolverine, 4006/4011 (E7A’s), 9 cars, due out 1:20
40. RI RS3 499, outbound suburban
41. NYC No. 201 (nameless train from Cleveland), 4039/4092 (E8A’s), 11 cars, due in 1:45
42. GN obs 1190 Chouteau Coulee, no details
43. CB&Q consist for No. 17 California Zephyr, 9918A/9942B/9935B (E7A’s), backing in; due out 3:10
44. CB&Q E8 9948A, inbound suburban (SEE NOTE 1 BELOW)
45. GM&O No. 2, Abraham Lincoln, 102/102A (E7A’s), 12 cars, due in 2:08
46. CB&Q No. 26-32, North Coast Limited/Empire Builder, due in 2:00
47. PRR consist for No. 48, General, 5791/5798/5712/5711 (E8A’s), backing in; due out 3:15
48. PRR GP7 8552 and CB&Q VO1000 9367, switching
49. Wabash No. 124, Blue Bird 1001/1004 (E7/E8), 7 cars, due in 2:50
50. NYC No. 355, Michigan, 4024/4066 (E7/E8), 12 cars, due in 3:00
51. RI No. 5, Des Moines Rocket, 621/404/640, (DL109 [EMD re-engined]/FP7/E7A, 19 cars, obs Nebraska rear, due out 3:28
52. NYC No. 26, 20th Century Limited, 4077/41xx/4010 (E8A/E7B/E7A, 17 cars, obs Hickory Creek rear, due out 3:30
To Central Station
53. IC GP9 9208 switching Soo Laker cars at Central Station. (Last entry in book, although I shot IC and Soo trains on station platform tracks.)
NOTE 1: In background on track next to PRR coach yard is an apparent inbound PRR special train with 2 FP7’s and 15 cars, mostly lightweights behind 2 yellow (apparently UP) baggage cars forward, with at least one U.S. Government kitchen car mid-train, speculated to be a train from Valley Forge, Pa., where President Dwight D. Eisenhower hosted the Boy Scouts of America Jamboree. The train did not immediately come close to Roosevelt Road.
Central Station afternoon notes (train, schedule, equipment):
NYC No. 304, James Whitcomb Riley, due out 4:00: 2 GP9’s, 12 cars: 1 baggage, 1 REA box, 1 baggage, 4 coaches, 1 diner-lounge, 4 coaches
IC No. 13, Land o’ Corn, due out 4:00: 2 E8’s, 8 cars: 2 Flexi-van flat, 1 baggage, 3 coaches, 1 diner, 1 coach
IC No. 5, Panama Limited, due out 4:30: E9A/E9B, 9 cars: 1 baggage, 3 Pullman sleepers, 1 diner, 1 lounge, 1 Pullman sleeper, 1 parlor, 1 lounge observation
IC No. 9, Seminole, due out 4:45: 2 E’s, 21 cars: 6 various head-end, 7 coaches, 1 diner (4109), 1 Pullman sleeper (Banana Road), 1 diner (4105), 5 coaches
Soo No. 3, Laker, due out 6:45: 3 GP9’s (2556/2555/2554), 12 cars: storage mail 37, baggage cars 45, 41, 33, 35, RPO 87, RPO 94, baggage 36, coaches 1031, 1954, 986, Pullman sleeper PRR Cascade Pinnacle
