Monday, August 02, 2010

Preserved Chicago & Illinois Midland caboose. The Illinois Railway Museum. Union Illinois USA. June 1981.

I took this photo during a June 1981 visit to the Illinois Railway Museum in Union Illinois.

Seen here, is a recently acquired steel center cupola caboose, from the now fallen falg railroad Chicago & Illinois Midland. The C& I,M color scheme used on their cabooses, is somewhat simular to the color scheme that the electric interurban railroad Chicago, North Shore And Milwaukee had used on their electric steeple locomotives.

The real Chicago & Illinois Midland Railroad did not operate anywhere close to the city of Chicago Illinois. It was definately NOT a Windy City railroad.

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