Chicago Terminal Railroad Opening Week
Posted by tom burke on 07 January 2007
Join Tom Burke as he documents the first week of the Chicago Terminal Railroad. Photos from January 2 and 4, 2007.
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View of northern end of Goose Island as viewed from back of the SW-8.
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View of northern end of Goose Island as viewed from back of the SW-8.
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View from the SW-8 of the C&E South Line, no longer in use to the left and Chicago's skyline. The locomotive is turning onto the Goose Island lead in Kingsbury St.
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View from the SW-8 of the C&E South Line, no longer in use to
the left and Chicago's skyline. The locomotive is turning onto the
Goose Island lead in Kingsbury St.
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Train on N. Cherry Street heading toward Goose Island.
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Train on N. Cherry Street heading toward Goose Island.
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Train is stopped, waiting for General Iron Industries to remove vehicles and debris blocking access to C&E Junction and the C&E Line.
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Train is stopped, waiting for General Iron Industries to remove
vehicles and debris blocking access to C&E Junction and the
C&E Line.
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Crew is working Finkl Steel. The newly repainted SW-8 is paused on the Deering Line in the middle of Kingsbury Street.
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Crew is working Finkl Steel. The newly repainted SW-8 is paused on the Deering Line in the middle of Kingsbury Street.
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The Chicago Terminal group poses for a photo before heading out for the first day of operations. From left to right, the people are a contractor who was preparing the locomotive that morning, owner Ed Ellis, conductors Mike and John, another Iowa Pacific official, and Ken the engineer on the far right.
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The Chicago Terminal group poses for a photo before heading out for the first day of operations. From left to right, the people are a contractor who was preparing the locomotive that morning, owner Ed Ellis, conductors Mike and John, another Iowa Pacific official, and Ken the engineer on the far right.
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One of the railfans who paced the train on its first day of operations. This railfan used a bike which eliminated the hassles of finding a parking spot on crowded city streets!
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One of the railfans who paced the train on its first day of operations. This railfan used a bike which eliminated the hassles of finding a parking spot on crowded city streets!