Originally a line that connected Northern Indiana with Toledo Ohio, it expanded then ultimately gave up the ghost. I lived in rural Ill and we were not far from a rail line and in the summer at night could hear the whistle of the cannonball as it connected and went to St Louis. Not sure when it stopped, but right after WWII it would go by about 840 in the evening, and it always blew the whistle, That was a signal that my mother used to send my sister and I to bed "there is the cannonball time for you two to go to bed" those hot july nights you could hear the corn grow. I would like to have one of those passenger lines/setups on my new layout, but can not find one. i have rough internet service and it is so slow. suggestions?
Like several other railroads, the Wabash connected Chicago to St. Louis. It also went to Detroit and Kansas City. Perhaps its #2 claim to fame (after the song) was that its freight trains went fast, often averaging 55 and even 60 MPH. On many other railroads, then and now, freight trains trundle(d) along at 40 or even 20 MPH. - See more at: http://www.hnn.us/blog/152354#sthash.pLq624R5.dpuf
Like several other railroads, the Wabash connected Chicago to St. Louis. It also went to Detroit and Kansas City. Perhaps its #2 claim to fame (after the song) was that its freight trains went fast, often averaging 55 and even 60 MPH. On many other railroads, then and now, freight trains trundle(d) along at 40 or even 20 MPH. - See more at: http://www.hnn.us/blog/152354#sthash.pLq624R5.dpuf
