Chicago And Eastern Illinois Railroads

#trains #diesellocomotive #history Paul Sartori joined our trainclub during mid 1997, in 1998 osmr had to find a new home and we ended up using a machine shop in apopka for most of the year, the shop had a small office that had a hvac and on tuesdays some of our club members would show up in the afternoons and Paul would put on a show with his train movies for entertainment. Pauls shows covered Alote of the united states as he moved very frequently Paul also recently converted all his movies to DVD so they can be played at the train club and so they can be shared to everyone watching the youtube channel. Special thanks to Paul for the movies all the credit goes to him! ILLEGAL COPY OR UPLOAD OF THIS ON ANYONE ELSE’S CHANNEL WILL GET PROSECUTED. Thank you for watching and subscribing to us!

[@stevenschackmann5039]

I grew-up in Danville, IL and lived about one block from their tracks on Plum St. The passenger station was 4 blocks away and the C&EI shops was bout 8 blocks away. We played around the train station and C&EI shops growing up. My last trip on the C&EI was an evening train from the Chicago's Dearborn Street station to Danville on leave in the Navy.

[@Steven_Williams]

Used to see this railroad a lot rolling through Chicago Heights, Il. when I was a kid. Now have this in O scale.

[@ORLANDOSOCIETYOFMODELRRCLUB]

Great to hear that. Thanks for sharing

[@margiecooper6045]

I love these old locomotives. They are the ones I watched growing up in Indiana. Thanks for the memories. 😊

[@ORLANDOSOCIETYOFMODELRRCLUB]

Thank you for watching glad you enjoyed it

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

Immediately after 4-1-76, CR leases quite a few MP GP35s.
I saw several of these. They lasted about 6 months.

[@davidmorris7696]

Very cool! I had an HO scale C&EI EMD BL2 loco as a kid.

[@ORLANDOSOCIETYOFMODELRRCLUB]

Thank you for watching glad you enjoyed it. Very cool that you had a ho scale model as well.

[@Robbi496]

I saw the Danville Flyer in 1969. It was sad little train

[@ORLANDOSOCIETYOFMODELRRCLUB]

Great information glad you got to see that train

[@robertnier5428]

I lived in Danville on Myers St. Right across front the C&EI depot, it was still going until I believe 1972 until it shut down, we moved in that neighborhood in 1968 when I was 5.

[@ORLANDOSOCIETYOFMODELRRCLUB]

Oh wow thanks for sharing and watching our video.

[@samuelplew5630]

Daltan Illinois is spelled Dolton. Ran through there for 22 years. Buffet is pronounced buff-ay.

[@ORLANDOSOCIETYOFMODELRRCLUB]

Thanks for the corrections and thank you for watching we appreciate it.

[@Robbi496]

If you stand on Roosevelt Road looking north to Dearborn Street, it is all weeds!

[@ORLANDOSOCIETYOFMODELRRCLUB]

thanks for that information

[@danielbackley9301]

Actually it's an upscale housing development known as Dearborn Park and has been since the mid- 1980s

[@Robbi496]

Not at Roosevelt Road, Dearborn Park ends at Taylor Street. South of there it is all weeds, with some grassy areas

[@danielbackley9301]

@@Robbi496 You must not have been there in years or you are confusing the Dearborn station area with the former Grand Central Station property (former B&O yards) that are known locally as the 78 which is the area just west of the Rock Island commuter line west of Clark St. As far as Dearborn Park goes its 1 phase ended at Roosevelt Rd the 2 nd phase which was built late 1980s included the southern part of the terminal Area (think the C&EI and Erie freight houses) and extends all the way to the St. Charles Airline . Also the old Meadowlark refrigerated freight house has also been converted to condos. I have a friend that lives there.

[@Robbi496]

I thnk the train to Joppa, IL lasted until the early to mid 1960's?

[@ORLANDOSOCIETYOFMODELRRCLUB]

I’ll have to confirm with Paul if it did I’ll let you know on the weekend

[@ORLANDOSOCIETYOFMODELRRCLUB]

I didn’t get a chance to ask Paul about your question on Saturday he didn’t stay at the club that long. I’ll have to ask him next time