Photographs from Mark Llanuza
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Mark – Thank you VERY much for these excellent photos and thanks to Stan Peczkowski, Rex Hauser, Keith Luebke, Laverne Nelson and J.P. Schillace for providing identifications and other clarifications.
Clinton Street |
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Looking south in 1995 with operator Mike Kummer. |
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Bob Stoddard – Clinton St. Tower,
1992 or 1993. This was one of Bob’s last days at Clinton St. Within a week, he was promoted to
Dispatcher and was handling the Illinois Division from Chicago to Clinton, IA |
Here’s another shot of Bob at Clinton Street at about the same time. |
Kedzie Avenue |
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The old Kedzie Tower shown November 1978 with its pistol-grip machine. The operator is unidentified. The old tower was on the north side of the tracks |
Here’s the replacement for the old pistol grip plant taken in October 1981. |
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Ben Wheeler at work in 1981 after new interlocking equipment had been installed in the old tower. Later, a new tower was built on the south side of the tracks and this tower was demolished. |
The old Kedzie Tower. |
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Here’s Ben Wheeler at work in the new Kedzie Tower in September of 1983. Quite a change from the 1978 version, above! |
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Chicago Passenger Terminal (CPT) Dispatchers |
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Don Fenske is dispatching the Galena Division in Room 324 of the Chicago Passenger Terminal in March 1981 |
Galena Division Train Dispatcher Keith Schreffler at work in the Chicago Terminal Dispatcher’s Office, 1978. Sincere thanks to Rex Hauser for correctly identifying Keith. |
Tony Reyes – Dispatcher at CPT, 1981 |
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Canal Street Bridge Tower |
West Chicago Dispatch Center |
Mike Kummer at the Canal St. Bridge Tower, 1995. Mike worked at the Clinton St. Tower and had to get over here whenever the
bridge needed to be lowered. |
Don Fenske – Dispatch
Operator at West Chicago, June, 1982.
In the background is Dispatcher Dale
Montgomery. Dale’s father was an Engineer on the SI working out of South Pekin |
Wyeville Tower |
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Laverne Nelson at the Wyeville Tower in June 1984. We were guessing on this one for some time until Loren Mulvaney suggested Laverne. Laverne confirms it! |
Another view of Wyeville Tower, June 1984. |
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