TRRA H&TS Magazine
Issue 77 - 2017

This 154 page issue features the Zipper and Other C&EI Stories

The Editor's Page
      Page 2

When it comes to passenger trains on the Chicago-St. Louis racetrack, the Chicago and Eastern Illinois might be thought of as the fourth place finisher
      Page 3

The C&EI's Zipper and Silent Knight
      Being Respectable and Fast Wasn't Enough for Fourth Place
      Lawrence Thomas
      Pages 4-7, with photos, system map, timetable, and advertising

Chicago & Eastern Illinois - St. Louis Operations to 1904
      Page 8

St. Louis Goes to the Fair
      Page 9, with B&W photos

Chicago & Eastern Illinois - St. Louis Operations Post-1904
      Pages 10-72, 76-78, with B&W and color photos, advertising, timetables, car diagrams, track diagrams, St. Louis Union Station track assignments, Lucius Beebe Zipper commentary, route map, dining car service with menu & photos

Chicago and Eastern Illinois 1009 at 14th Street Coaling Tower
      The TRRA's Fourteenth Street Shops Attempted to Please Everyone
      Robert E. Tracy, TRRA Machinist, 14th Street Shops
      Page 73, with B&W photo

C&EI Post Office Car Operations
      Pages 74-75, with B&W photo, timetables, postal cancellations

The Tariff Issue
      Government Regulation Was the Problem Not the Solution
      Page 79

Chicago & Eastern Illinois - St. Louis Post-War Passenger Operations
      Pages 80-84, 86-89, with B&W photos, advertising, timetable covers

John M. Budd - President C&EI Railroad June 1, 1947 - May 13, 1949
      Page 85, with B&W photos of President Budd, and predecessors Thomas C. Powell and Charles T. O'Neal

St. Louis Union Station, April 6, 1949
      Page 90, B&W photo shot from the roof of the train shed looking South to the triple-laced wye

TRRA's Union Station Timetable Error of 1949
      If the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Had Only Phoned
      Page 91, with erroneous timetable

The Whippoorwill
      Pages 92-93, with B&W and color photos, timetable, car diagram

Worcester Yard Memories
      From a Retired New York Central Conductor
      James Arnett
      Page 94, with map

Mitchell Yard
      Pages 95-96, 98-99, with track diagram, B&W and color photos

The Chicago and Eastern Illinois in St. Louis
      From the 1922 report of the Engineers Committee St. Louis-East St. Louis Terminals
      Page 97, with B&W photo, track diagram

Some Recollections from a C&EI Tower Operator
      George J. Nixon, Jr.
      Page 100, with B&W photo

Fold-out Map - The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad and Connections
      Pages 101-102

The Eastern Illinois & Peoria Railroad
      The C&EI Branch that Never Was
      David Forbes
      Page 103, with system map

Miscellaneous St. Louis Area Tower Information and Caboose Rebuilding Program
      Pages 104-105, with B&W and color photos

BL is for Branch Line
      Pages 106-107, with color photos

Going to Thebes
      Page 108-113, with B&W and color photos, timetables

Salem Subdivision Memories
      John Hancock
      Pages 114-115

The AC&F Lightweight Motor Cars
      Pages 116-117, with B&W photos, timetables, color advertising

C&EI Pullman Service Between Chicago and St. Louis
      Pages 118-137, fold-out with 2-page photo, B&W photos, car diagrams, timetables, Pullman car assignments

Government Storage?
      Tom Madden
      Pages 138-140, with B&W and color photos

Epilogue
      Page 141

TRRA Commuter Trains That Never Were
      When the Pacific Eagle was Deemed Inadequate
      Lawrence Thomas, with ACF photos from Michael Caramanna
      Pages 142-149, with B&W and color photos

Notes on Sources and Bibliography
      Pages 150-152

Acknowledgements and Zipper Breakfast Menu
      Page 153, with lift-out menu

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