tb_goose2003_072003_01
This view looks southeast at the intersection of Cherry, North Branch, and the ironically named Bliss Streets in Chicago on Goose Island. It's anything but bliss for fans of the Milwaukee Road/CP Rail on Goose Island as a stop sign is now bolted across the inactive tracks. Naz-Dar still sees a boxcar or two behind us [edit: 10 Jan 2005. Naz-Dar does not receive rail shipments.] , and Big Bay Lumber gets several flatcars a week, but it's not like the old days. Compare this photo with the action shots at the same spot in the late 1980s.
tb_goose2003_072003_01
This view looks southeast at the intersection of Cherry, North
Branch, and the ironically named Bliss Streets in Chicago on Goose
Island. It's anything but bliss for fans of the Milwaukee Road/CP
Rail on Goose Island as a stop sign is now bolted across the
inactive tracks. Naz-Dar still sees a boxcar or two behind us
[edit: 10 Jan 2005. Naz-Dar does not receive rail shipments.] , and
Big Bay Lumber gets several flatcars a week, but it's not like the
old days. Compare this photo with the action shots at the same spot
in the late 1980s.
tb_nazdar1_072003_01
This picture captures a boxcar parked outside Naz-Dar on Chicago's Goose Island on a muggy Sunday morning. Naz-Dar is a printing supplies company so a presumption is made that the boxcar contains something related to printing. [edit: 10 Jan 2005. This is actually for Big Bay Lumber. Naz-Dar does not receive rail shipments.] The runaround track on the other side was built during street reconstruction of Cherry Street in 1991 for switching cars intended for International Salt further south.
tb_nazdar1_072003_01
This picture captures a boxcar parked outside Naz-Dar on Chicago's
Goose Island on a muggy Sunday morning. Naz-Dar is a printing
supplies company so a presumption is made that the boxcar contains
something related to printing. [edit: 10 Jan 2005. This is actually
for Big Bay Lumber. Naz-Dar does not receive rail shipments.] The
runaround track on the other side was built during street
reconstruction of Cherry Street in 1991 for switching cars intended
for International Salt further south.
tb_nazdar3_072003_03
Looks like someone had trouble deciding whether to turn onto Cherry Street or continue on North Branch Street across Goose Island the previous night, and drove head-on into the posts at the intersection. Maybe the sight of a boxcar parked in the middle of Cherry Street threw the driver off, as you can see in the background. Airbags deployed, this car was awaiting a tow early on Sunday morning, July 7, 2003.
tb_nazdar3_072003_03
Looks like someone had trouble deciding whether to turn onto Cherry Street or continue on North Branch Street across Goose Island the previous night, and drove head-on into the posts at the intersection. Maybe the sight of a boxcar parked in the middle of Cherry Street threw the driver off, as you can see in the background. Airbags deployed, this car was awaiting a tow early on Sunday morning, July 7, 2003.