A true and documented railroad history written by John Wubbel. In this document, John describes his early life and the important aspects of an historic railroad village of Elizabeth, Illinois. John shared this history with the Chicago Great Western Railway Depot Museum located in Elizabeth, Illinois (Location: 111 East Myrtle Street, Elizabeth, IL 61028). Images in this documents were digitalized from slides taken some 50 years ago.
There is an addendum and interesting historical article at the end of the document written by Jerry Huddleston entitled, The Hole in Stickney’s Pocketbook – CGW’s Winston Tunnel
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Elizabeth, Illinois, Railroad History PDF
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