The Grand Trunk Junction Railway was a subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Railway that built a connecting line along 49th Street in Chicago, Illinois. Its line was double-tracked and began at the Chicago and Grand Trunk’s main line at Elsdon, heading east across the Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway and just south of the Union Stock Yards to a junction with the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad, a terminal railroad that gave the Chicago and Grand Trunk access to downtown Chicago.
Not that bad. The engine is safe. There will be no operative problems or uncertainties with either the financing or the technical competence once the decision is made to proceed. AOS just has different priorities at present.
Well, with any luck I’ll be able to ride behind New York Central steam in the Valley, if I should live so long…
With all the constraints and loop-holes involved in steam excursions it is a wonder that any of these projects ever see the light of day. The T1 project is another that seems to be progressing pretty well, too. Much to my surprise!
In keeping with the Grand Trunk theme and surviving steam here’s the 4070 running on a Grand Trunk Western excursion back in October of 1968:
I don’t know how many people will take the the to read the entire link that you posted, Ed, but that is quite a story about the New York Central Mohawk No. 3001 joining the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society fleet for potential return to steam.
. Would like to see her run on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic.
