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The Milwaukee Road's Bloomingdale Line sits dormant today with its viaduct cutting across Chicago's West Side for several miles. It parallels Bloomingdale Avenue most of the way.Until 2001 Milwaukee Road successor CP Rail/Soo Line used the Bloomingdale Line to access remaining freight customers on Chicago's North Side. Now CP Rail leases space in UP's North Ave. yard instead and crews are shuttled to work.
This view looks southwest at Marshfield and Bloomingdale, just a block west of Ashland Avenue and the Kennedy Expressway. Just to the east was where the Bloomingdale Line crossed the busy C&NW/UP/Metra line near Tower CY.
The Bloomingdale Line is similar to the former New York Central "High Line" in New York City which is being converted to public use on its viaduct.
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The Milwaukee Road's Bloomingdale Line sits dormant today with its
viaduct cutting across Chicago's West Side for several miles. It
parallels Bloomingdale Avenue most of the way.
Until 2001 Milwaukee Road successor CP Rail/Soo Line used the Bloomingdale Line to access remaining freight customers on Chicago's North Side. Now CP Rail leases space in UP's North Ave. yard instead and crews are shuttled to work.
This view looks southwest at Marshfield and Bloomingdale, just a block west of Ashland Avenue and the Kennedy Expressway. Just to the east was where the Bloomingdale Line crossed the busy C&NW/UP/Metra line near Tower CY.
The Bloomingdale Line is similar to the former New York Central "High Line" in New York City which is being converted to public use on its viaduct.
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Another view of the Bloomingdale Line a few blocks west. Note the brick paved street on Bloomingdale Avenue. The tracks and the top of the viaduct are not accessible to the public thanks to high fences and the steep concrete walls.tb_bloomingdale_12012005_02
Another view of the Bloomingdale Line a few blocks west. Note the brick paved street on Bloomingdale Avenue. The tracks and the top of the viaduct are not accessible to the public thanks to high fences and the steep concrete walls.
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We're looking east at the CTA Blue Line which crosses over the former Milwaukee Road Bloomingdale Line at-how appropriate-Milwaukee Avenue!tb_bloomingdale_12012005_03
We're looking east at the CTA Blue Line which crosses over the
former Milwaukee Road Bloomingdale Line at-how
appropriate-Milwaukee Avenue!
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A CTA train is the best way to get a birds-eye view of the Bloomingdale Line. This shot looks towards the southwest.tb_bloomingdale_12012005_04
A CTA train is the best way to get a birds-eye view of the Bloomingdale Line. This shot looks towards the southwest.
Another view looking west from a CTA train.
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On the return trip, the camera this time points east along the Bloomingdale Line. Note the new residential construction on both sides.
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On the return trip, the camera this time points east along the Bloomingdale Line. Note the new residential construction on both sides.