She has the distinction of being the 10,000th diesel produced by EMD on June 14th, 1951. That car is currently on display at the Museum of Transport in St Louis County. Photo today from Chattanooga, Wabash EMD E8A 1009 after her cosmetic rebuild. Note the GM&O observation car Abraham Lincoln on track 1. Now assigned to the Banner Blue, the car still reflects its Wabash heritage inside and out. Next, we see N&W dome-observation car #1601, originally built for the Wabash Blue Bird, on track #2 at Union Station in August of 1966. It s unusual to see a Wabash passenger train using this line along the riverfront, as all eastbound Wabash trains departed Union Station heading west to Delmar before turning east to cross the Mississippi Rover on the Merchants Bridge. Due to this and no accompanying information, it was not used. This slide was unmarked and believed to be a duplicate slide. First is a shot of a Wabash passenger train using the TRRA High Line along the St Louis riverfront. Below are a pair of Wabash shots not included, but are worth sharing here. With over 800 images submitted for consideration, not all could be used. E-8 1005 crosses the CB&Q tracks on its way to St. Don’t delay! – There are less than 100 copies of the Frisco cover left! Moving at track speed the Wabash Cannon Ball rushed through Litchfield, Illinois on May 04, 1955. Your copy is available for $47.95 plus shipping and will come signed by the author. junction of UP Kenosha and Harvard subdivisions (North and Northwest Lines) and crossing with ex-CMStP&P Kingsbury line until that was severed also controls Mayfair interlocking on UP Northwest line and CTC on UP between Clybourn and Winnetka. The Wabash Railroad in 1950 resurrected the train on an entirely different route on the railroad between two major Midwestern cities, St. This train was a joint operation with the Union Pacific Railroad, using UP rails west of Kansas City to Denver, where it was split for connections to Los Angeles and Portland. “Rails Around Missouri” was released on as a 224-page, hard cover book with over 500 all-color photos like the ones above. In the 1930s, after a rewrite as Wabash Cannonball, country and western singer Roy Acuff gained great popularity with the song. In April of 1959, Wabash E8 1012 leads train 10, the City of St Louis out of Mexico, Missouri, after making its station stop. – The above selections from “Rails Around Missouri” are from chapters 1 and 5, respectively. Note the brand new PRR E7s in the background.” – Joe Collias photo Engine #701 is seen departing Union Station on Octowith the Banner Blue for Chicago. In the 1940s the Wabash got into the streamliner market by converting seven 2-8-2s into streamlined 4-6-4s with 80” drivers and “elephant ear” smoke deflectors. “One of the busiest railroads at Union Station was the Wabash, with service to Kansas City, Omaha, Chicago & Detroit. This train was a joint operation with the Union Pacific Railroad, using UP rails west of Kansas City to Denver, where it was split for connections to Los Angeles and Portland.” – Bill Gibson photo “In April of 1959, Wabash E8 #1012 leads train #10, the City of St Louis out of Mexico, Missouri, after making its station stop.
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