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From: roma@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: More on turning trains and electifi
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Date: Mon, 27-Jan-86 01:47:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 27 01:47:00 1986
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Nf-From: uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU!roma    Jan 27 00:47:00 1986


> Electification:  Required to enter New York City at one time.  The law
> may still be on the books, but for the last 10 years or so the FL-9s
> have been run into Grand Central with diesel engines running!
> 
> Did I leave out any other special electifications?
> 
> bruce alcock

The Illinois Central suburban electrification (1926) was required by a Chicago
city ordinance that was intended to beautify the lakefront, which IC follows
for about 6 miles from downtown.  The suburban service was the first to be
electrified, to be followed by mainline passenger and mainline freight.  But
the mainline tracks never got wired because of the Great Depression.
Ultimately, the diesel rendered the law moot, though I believe it is still on
the books.

Jon Roma
Computing Services Office, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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