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12-10-93 Shot of CPL at 164.2 south of Broadwell from cab car on Amtrak 312
On Friday, December 10, 1993, I'm riding in the cab car which is leading northbound Amtrak train #312, aka "The Loop". We are nearing Broadwell, Illinois at milepost 164.2 on the SP's former GM&O mainline. Broadwell (163.4) was home to the most reliable defect detector in the history of American railroading. This detector, with its female computerized voice would belt out its stern train analyzations which could be heard by any scanner religiously from 50 miles away. This was one of the most nerve racking cab rides I was ever on. We were approaching grade crossings at 80 mph, and my heart skipped a beat at each one of them!! The Loop operated from Chicago Union Station to Springfield on weekdays only, providing service to businessmen and women with an arrival at Noon and returning to Chicago at 3:00 pm. The Loop was discontinued In 1996.
12-10-93 Shot of CPL at 164.2 south of Broadwell from cab car on Amtrak 312
On Friday, December 10, 1993, I'm riding in the cab car which is leading northbound Amtrak train #312, aka "The Loop". We are nearing Broadwell, Illinois at milepost 164.2 on the SP's former GM&O mainline. Broadwell (163.4) was home to the most reliable defect detector in the history of American railroading. This detector, with its female computerized voice would belt out its stern train analyzations which could be heard by any scanner religiously from 50 miles away. This was one of the most nerve racking cab rides I was ever on. We were approaching grade crossings at 80 mph, and my heart skipped a beat at each one of them!! The Loop operated from Chicago Union Station to Springfield on weekdays only, providing service to businessmen and women with an arrival at Noon and returning to Chicago at 3:00 pm. The Loop was discontinued In 1996.