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Originally Posted by Nonie
Chuck,
Im so embarrassed, :redface: my best friend lived in Logan square and my dad had his tailor shop there for many years but I must confess, I dont know what the Polish cannonball is :dontknow: can ya fill me in?
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(I usta live near Logan Square when I was at Circle in the late 60's)
The Ell line that now runs to O'Hare airport used to end at the Logan Square Station (about 10 miles East of the airport). When they were extending the line to the airport and going thru startup and testing they had three or four accidents where the trains ran past designated stop locations and ran into the rear of the train in front or into something it wasn't supposed to hit. The Papers started calling the new line the Polish Cannonball (since the end of the old line was the Polish neighborhood of Logan Square)
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