Good point. Although over the years dozens of railroads passed through Chicago only a few called Chicago “home”. So, there aren’t that many railroads with corporate headquarters situated here in Chicago.
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Seeing how much foresight Canadian Pacific had to place a preserved locomotive outside their corporate office got me thinking. What locomotive would best represent the other railroads if they had done the same thing? A Big Boy in Omaha? A Hudson at Grand Central? A Y6b in Norfolk? What would you place at those corporate headquarters?
I’d start with a P1a at Cleveland Union Terminal.
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This is the B. F. Keith Building. This is where the “office in Cleveland”, as it’s so often described in articles and books, was located where the Electro Motive Corporation was founded. If you could pick one first generation EMC diesel to display here what would you choose?
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I did my good deed for the year.
A few weeks ago on FB marketplace a lady had her deceased husbands model trains for sale. Included were five Spectrum DCC steam loco’s. New in box for $5.00 ea. I wrote her and told her that they were worth a lot more than that. She pulled the add and sold them on ebay getting nearly a $1000.00 for them. I got a nice thank you message from her today. 
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I got home earlier than I thought. It’s good to see so many posts with headquarters photos!
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Maybe?
While in Omaha —
Union Pacific Railroad Headquarters, 1416 Dodge Street, Omaha, Nebraska by Boston Public Library, on Flickr
I remember as a 10 year old traveling with my dad we stopped in Omaha and visited the U.P. museum. Oh, they had lots of trinkets for sale (lanterns, dining car china and linens, Pullman blankets) that I sure would liked to have grabbed at the time but, well, traveling and a little short on ‘disposable’ income, ya’ know.
Cheers, Ed
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Was trying to find this earlier! Thanks for posting! Anyone know if this building (or any former RI HQ) still stands in Chicago?
Hoping to see more HQs of fallen flags. Model railroading, for all of the fun with models, is also a historic hobby. Lot of fun to learn about.
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Who’s looking for a fun gondola load?
Milwaukee Rd F-units at Melrose Park IL by Mark LLanuza, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
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Mark Llanuza is The Man when it comes to railroad photography. I love his stuff.
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Mike Danneman is no slouch, either, but more artistic stuff. Mark has more ‘meat & potatoes’ kind of photos. Flickr is a great site for RR pictures.
NS in front of CSX in Jacksonville:
River Delivery by Henry Goodbread, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
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Another guy who is great in providing the written word on Chicago railroading is Dennis Debruler.
He is a railroad enthusiast and author who has written a book titled “Riding Trains Through Chicago Railroad Junctions.” The book provides detailed information and personal accounts of navigating the complex network of railroad tracks and junctions in and around Chicago. He often provides first person accounts of his local railroad travels beyond those accounts in his book.
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Ns 8098. It’s blue but it ain’t Conrail.
Pictures of office buildings,
I have two of the White Star Shipping Line who had a building on Pier 59 in NYC…
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I should get photos of our old division office. Been sitting empty for a few years. With the consolidation of divisions, and wfh, and job elimination, most of the managers have been moved to offices in yards.
Building was built brand new for the railroad. Well I don’t know if the railroad built it, but it was part of an office park and they just purchased it.
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Many of my family members left England on ships for Canada, both when they immigrated here and when they came to visit. I often think about how long that trip would have taken. Days on the ship, likely getting off at Quebec and then days on the train to either Winnipeg or Vancouver.
My Grandfather made the trip in 1900 on a new ship getting off in Quebec. On the return trip for the ship it hit the rocks off Ireland and sank. It did not even finish one round trip.
My family came to North America in the 1700s settling in The Swan River Valley in Manitoba around 1790. They came through Quebec and what is now Virginia.
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Sorry, I didn’t mean to make such an error. I edited my reply and took the CR out of the equation.
Won’t make that mistake again…
Cheers, Ed
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Kind of a little tongue in cheek humor.
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