http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sweenyreport/2008/09/26/let-em-debate-says-rockfordian-on-the-train/ The Sweeny Report takes you into the murky world of local, state and national politics. Political Editor Chuck Sweeny will try to de-mystify things for you -- once he figures it out himself, that is. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:44:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sweenyreport/2008/09/26/let-em-debate-says-rockfordian-on-the-train/#comment-1122 Tom Parker Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:29:52 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sweenyreport/2008/09/26/let-em-debate-says-rockfordian-on-the-train/#comment-1122 It was not the "cheap train". It was an all coach dayliner that was tje pride of the Illinois Central. It had a diner, lounge car and observation car. It was only calleed the "chicken Bone Express, by a few disparaging critics after the decline of reail travel had begun. THe IC did have second class trains between New Orleans and Chicago, namely trains 3 and 4 (the "Louisiane") and trains 8 and 25 (the "Creole" northbound and the "Southern Express" southbound. It was not the “cheap train”. It was an all coach dayliner that was tje pride of the Illinois Central. It had a diner, lounge car and observation car. It was only calleed the “chicken Bone Express, by a few disparaging critics after the decline of reail travel had begun. THe IC did have second class trains between New Orleans and Chicago, namely trains 3 and 4 (the “Louisiane”) and trains 8 and 25 (the “Creole” northbound and the “Southern Express” southbound.

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