The Cannonball: Traction Art

About this Blog

Welcome to The Cannonball. No, that's not the Wabash variety, but a different train. The Cannonball was the name of a train on the Chicago Aurora and Elgin, an electric line that ran between downtown Chicago and the Fox River Valley until 1957. The Cannonball ran Non Stop, Chicago to Wheaton, in 40 minutes. It was well patronized, and always ran with the full 8 cars the CA&E could run in one train. It was indeed the hottest train on the CA&E schedule.

In this blog, I hope to keep you all updated in my artistic endeavors. I have traditionally used Pencil and ink as my drawing medium, but I am beginning to experiment in digital mediums with a tablet and Opencanvas.

The Title card is based off of a photo from the Julie Johnson Historical Collection. It's A real good place to visit for a whole host of information. The link is below.

Thanks for Stopping by!
Zach