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Name	Type	Comments	Date

mike touhy	General	I wonder why they would run a 1 car train? Not what I would even call a train. Now know the popualtion for most of the communities, especially the outer burbs were much smaller but still.	6/7/2008 6:45:09 PM

Marty Bernard	General	Mike, I think you are asking the wrong question. Why today do they run 6-car trains when only one or two are needed? What a waste of energy and ware and tare on the cars. The answer is of course the cost of labor to break up and make up trains. They ran one car trains to cover the schedule, i.e., meet the need of commuters who have to travel at least one way off peak.	6/7/2008 8:45:46 PM

John J. Poshepny	General	Marty, When was the service extended to Fox Lake??	9/9/2008 9:25:40 AM

Sam Carlson	General	Commuter service has always extended to Fox Lake, ever since the commuter service was started. My father worked for the MILW at the Western Avenue diesel house back in the 1940's and would take commuter trains to and from work, and he lived in Ingleside, which was the last stop before Fox Lake. The one car trains covered the schedule, but two cars were required when single level cars were used. The bi-level coaches added enough capacity so that a car could be eliminated. Today, the shortest train is 4 cars, and the reason is that anything less does not provide enough braking power to make quick stops. Those one and two car trains would often slide past the depot, and the only way to get around it was to begin to stop way before the depot. But that's no way to keep a decent schedule. As for the longer trains, it's hard to tell whether all the cars are needed or not. It depends on where you are. North of the second stop (Western Ave.) outside of Union Station, the trains are packed. By t	2/3/2012 1:38:51 AM

Sam Carlson	General	By the time the trains reached Fox Lake, there were but a few passengers left. Also, there were two commuter trains each way that went up to Walworth, Wisconsin. I remember, after working a double shift, falling asleep on one of those trains, missing my stop at Rondout, and winding up in Walworth. Next train was next day, so I tried to sleep in the depot. But the cops kicked me out, so I tried to sleep in the cornfield across from the depot. I guess I slept well, because the two morning trains left without me, and I had to hitch hike home.	2/3/2012 1:45:31 AM

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This was when commuter-train service ended at Libertyville. With Metra it now continues to Fox Lake. See http://railfan44.rrpicturearchives.net/editPicture1.aspx?id=710484 for another shot of this train.
Date: 4/15/1962	Location: Libertyville, IL	Views: 2722	Collection Of: Marty Bernard
			Author: Marty Bernard

Picture Categories: Station		This picture is part of album: Railfan44's Milwaukee Road Shots

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