[Magdalen] Fwd: Night Lull.

[Joseph Cirou]

I'm glad you made that "correction"  My grandfather was a fireman for the
CNW from 1910 until he retired in 1940 at the age of 70.  He always
received his BARE checks which is why I am not surprised at the IRS
statement of Social Security OR Railroad Retirement. At his death his
remains were transported  to Stillwater courtesy of the railroad. The
paternal grandparents are buried in St Michael's Cemetery. I still get
confused. There were 2 churches: St Michael's and St. Joseph's one was the
French church the other was not. I don't know which closed, but I have seen
the records for his death. Unfortunately they weren't too accurate with
their marriage records. I think the church confused my father Ernest with
his brother Eugene.  My father married my mother in Chicago in 1930 and not
someone else in Stillwater in 1936. I mentioned it to him meaning to
comment on the inaccuracies, but he immediately demurred, "I've always been
married to your mother."

The suburban CNW, before being taken over by the local system stopped. in
Arlington Hts and the Milwaukee Rd stopped in Glenview. I'd often take the
train home from my organ lessons in the 60's The Milwaukee Rd stopped next
door to the Seminary, but I would often take the other route in deference
to my grandfather when going to my parents house.

Joe
Joe

On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> Subj: Re: [Magdalen] Night  Lull.
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> In a message dated 6/21/2015 12:39:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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> southside of Chicago used
> steam engines when the other runs  used diesel.>>>>
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> The Omaha Road still used steam engines (~'46-'53) on their daily Chicago
> - Duluth
> passenger run.  The Detroit area boys who came up for the boys  camp on
> our lake always came via that route to Spooner, Wisconsin (where  the
> Twin Cities - Twin Ports Omaha tracks united for about 25 miles,  and
> therefore a real railroad town).  I always road the bus over to help  with
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> luggage for the 40 mile trip back over to their camp.
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> Omaha used large locomotives for this route, and it was a thrill to  stand
> on the deck of the Spooner Depot to see/hear/feel them come into  the
> station area.
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> That Spooner Depot was, fortunately, converted into a sort of  railway
> museum.
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> Omaha Road = Chicago and Northwestern Railway.
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> http://www.washburncounty.com/railroadmuseum/
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> David Strang.
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