tb_deeringdominick_011990_01
A different view of the Deering Line on Dominick St. in January of 1990, looking north, just prior to repaving which will remove these tracks. On the left is a spur with a bumping post while farther down to the left is the Gutmann Tannery. Gentrification is already in progress as noted by the parking garage in the distance on the right for the new Webster Place shopping center and movie theater complex.
tb_deeringdominick_011990_01
A different view of the Deering Line on Dominick St. in January of 1990, looking north, just prior to repaving which will remove these tracks. On the left is a spur with a bumping post while farther down to the left is the Gutmann Tannery. Gentrification is already in progress as noted by the parking garage in the distance on the right for the new Webster Place shopping center and movie theater complex.
tb_deeringfinkltailtrack_011990_01
This view from January of 1990 looks west down the Deering Line from where it crossed Southport Avenue. On the left is the main Deering track which will soon veer to the north and travel down the middle of Dominick Ave. to reach other industries. The track to the right is the tail track for backup moves onto Finkl Steel's spurs. As of 2004 this section of Southport Ave. is vacated by the City of Chicago and now part of Finkl Steel's complex, with no public access.
tb_deeringfinkltailtrack_011990_01
This view from January of 1990 looks west down the Deering Line
from where it crossed Southport Avenue. On the left is the main
Deering track which will soon veer to the north and travel down the
middle of Dominick Ave. to reach other industries. The track to the
right is the tail track for backup moves onto Finkl Steel's spurs.
As of 2004 this section of Southport Ave. is vacated by the City of
Chicago and now part of Finkl Steel's complex, with no public
access.
tb_deeringfinkltailtrack_011990_02
We're looking east from the same spot as the first photo at the Deering Line where it crossed Southport Ave. On the left is the main Deering track and the spurs into Finkl Steel's plant on the right. About a block farther east on the main track the Deering Line will rejoin the main Soo Line track once known as the Milwaukee Road's C&E line in the middle of Kingsbury St.Several empty gondolas sit on the Deering track awaiting pickup from the Soo Line. By the time of this photo in 1990 Finkl Steel was the only customer left on the Deering Line so it really didn't matter if cars were left on the main track. Finkl Steel still uses a self-propelled crane on rails to move cars inside the plant once they are dropped off by CP Rail which absorbed subsidiary Soo Line.
tb_deeringfinkltailtrack_011990_02
We're looking east from the same spot as the first photo at the
Deering Line where it crossed Southport Ave. On the left is the
main Deering track and the spurs into Finkl Steel's plant on the
right. About a block farther east on the main track the Deering
Line will rejoin the main Soo Line track once known as the
Milwaukee Road's C&E line in the middle of Kingsbury St.
Several empty gondolas sit on the Deering track awaiting pickup from the Soo Line. By the time of this photo in 1990 Finkl Steel was the only customer left on the Deering Line so it really didn't matter if cars were left on the main track. Finkl Steel still uses a self-propelled crane on rails to move cars inside the plant once they are dropped off by CP Rail which absorbed subsidiary Soo Line.