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 JimBoylan
   
Location: SouthEast Pennsylvania, U. S. of A.
Gender: Male
 |  | Chicago Tunnel Company
< on 4/22/2005 10:37 PM >
|  | | | Here are 2 links to information about the Chicago freight tunnels,
which were in business until 1959. The movie "Blues Brothers"
imitated the tunnels on a Hollywood set.
http://www.amerite...unnel/tunnel1.html
http://www.chipubl...text/tunnel/1.html
Illinois Rwy. Museum in East Union has a website page about how
they recovered one of the trains more than 40 years later. I'll
try to post that link another time.
[edit fixed links]
[last edit 4/25/2005 11:59 PM by Avatar-X - edited 1 times]
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Chronic
  
Very Noble Donor
Location: Kitchener, ON
Gender: Male
Architecture has only two enemies. Water and stupid men.
| | Re: Chicago Tunnel Company
<Reply # 1 on 4/28/2005 4:43 AM >
| | | | Currently, the CDOT people are preparing my legal entry/background check package so that I can gain access in June. It only took 4 emails over the course of two months to initiate this.
01:14:16] <Chronic> Conrad...ya gotta go....
[01:14:30] <nightbird> yes Mr. Black, life is funnier than a pocket full of stocks! And...Tim has legal friends in Chicago...we'll get thru this!!! |
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Chuck
Location: Chicago
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: Chicago Tunnel Company
<Reply # 2 on 4/28/2005 4:18 PM >
| | | | Good luck...I wouldn't hold your breath!!
Keep us updated though, maybe the city has had a change of heart.
Chuck
Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands. - Clint Eastwood |
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Long_Drop
Location: minneapolis
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: Chicago Tunnel Company
<Reply # 3 on 5/27/2005 2:17 PM >
| | | | Now those look like some tunnels worthy of finding a back way into. Has anyone heard of other explorers that have found a way into these old tunnels?
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, cigar in one hand, favorite drink in the other, body thouroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO-HOOO----WHAT A RIDE!!!" |
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Chuck
Location: Chicago
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Chicago Tunnel Company
<Reply # 4 on 5/27/2005 2:51 PM >
| | | | It was pretty easy before September 11th!!
Now, everything is welded shut.
Also, many of the entrances are being obliterated by new construction.
Chuck
http://www.geocities.com/chucksphotospot
Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands. - Clint Eastwood |
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sympathy in chaos
Location: Chicago
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: Chicago Tunnel Company
<Reply # 5 on 5/28/2005 2:58 AM >
| | | | yeah, no permits were needed. Just a crowbar and a few rubber boots.
I saw your question on the deep tunnel on the yahoo board.
you can see giant vents all along the north branch along rohan and river park.
I use to go to school around there so I always wondered what they were there for.
[last edit 5/28/2005 3:03 AM by sympathy in chaos - edited 1 times]
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Slim Jim
Noble Donor
Location: St. Paul, MN
Gender: Male
Maze is 100% done now!!! Someday when it's -10 out and the generators won't start I might upload th
| | Re: Chicago Tunnel Company
<Reply # 6 on 5/28/2005 11:01 PM >
| | | | I was lucky enough to get to explore the CFT tunnels once. Some of the CUE people went back a second time later on. Very extensive system, although pretty much every tunnel looks alike.
I want to be different. But I want to be different just like everybody else, because if I really were different, everybody would think I was crazy and weird.
Iowa is Minnesota's bitch. There's an art to pooping. |
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Pravus
Location: Chicago Area
Gender: Male
Now the two key words for tonight - "caution" and "flammable"...
| |  | | Re: Chicago Tunnel Company
<Reply # 7 on 9/2/2005 2:57 AM >
| | | | Me and a few of my friends would love to explore this site, although we haven't found a way in.. We look every once and a while and ocme up with nothing.. It's a huge network, Something like 60 miles of track/tunnel...
In case anyone doesn't know
[last edit 9/2/2005 3:16 AM by Pravus - edited 2 times]
Live to Serve, Serve to Live.. |
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marrjos
Location: Owen Sound, Ontario
Gender: Male
| | Re: Chicago Tunnel Company
<Reply # 8 on 9/2/2005 5:05 AM >
| | | | Someday i'm hoping to get in there. It looks like it would be easy to get turned around in there.
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Gatsby
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Gender: Male
Like all UER people, I've only explored your mom.
| | Re: Chicago Tunnel Company
<Reply # 9 on 9/2/2005 10:27 PM >
| | | | They probably have street signs, but still an impressive system!
I only listen to 104.7 Poop. I'm always in deep shit, so I may as well listen to poop. |
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Pravus
Location: Chicago Area
Gender: Male
Now the two key words for tonight - "caution" and "flammable"...
| | | | Re: Chicago Tunnel Company
<Reply # 10 on 9/3/2005 4:11 AM >
| | | | From the old pictures I have seen of it they did have signs for what street you were under.. But I couldn't tell ya if they are still there.. I think if you kept a very close look on where you were and what turns you took/how many rail you cross you should be able to keep track of where you are, but it is massive.. and I think it'd be pretty easy even if paying attention to lose track.. But ya can't say it wouldn't be fun... *grin*
Live to Serve, Serve to Live.. |
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