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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Thu Feb 20 15:50:24 2020, in response to PHOTOS: HERITAGE CORRIDOR, posted by Jersey Mike on Thu Feb 20 09:40:43 2020. B&O bought the Alton in 1931 not 21. Despite the depression, CPL signals were installed, and B&O passed down to the Alton the 2 lightweight ACF built streamliners which had been the Royal Blue and Columbian to become the Abe Lincoln and Ann Rutledge.The Alton -minus Joiliet to downtown,was briefly operated by a group also involvedwith CSS&SB,then sold to Southern Pacificwhich iss howUP ended up with two separate routes between Chicago andSTL. Somewhere in all of that KCS got the Alton's KC spur and trackage rights to Springfield IINM. Despite the millionsspent onthe supposed 110mph route, in fact Amtrak is no faster than GM&O was in the mid 50s on jointed rail. |
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