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General Discussion / Milw pics on flickr

« on: March 18, 2011, 05:50:44 PM »

Found some pics of Milw trains entering Union Station across Canal St.  Lots of other train and el pics.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8226029@N06/2103578384/in/set-72157623818439939/

Joe

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General Discussion / \'99 Goose Island switching on youtube

« on: March 13, 2011, 11:40:49 PM »

just found these clips on youtube

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WrsIsTaCpM&feature=related

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2JJQpScMKg&NR=1

lots of other railroad clips from Iowa and some Chicago area stuff

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General Discussion / \"Chicago From the Air Then and Now\" book

« on: January 30, 2011, 05:00:45 PM »

If you guys are at a Borders or Barnes and Noble, check out this book.

http://www.amazon.com/Chicago-Air-Then-Thunder-Press/dp/1607100096

Nice view of Wolf Point with lots of freight cars on C&E and CNW lines and the C&E bridge still in use.  Also, nice shot of lakefront IC yard where Prudential plaza and AON building currently stand.

Joe

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General Discussion / Early 70s Chicago Milw pics

« on: January 25, 2011, 12:54:47 AM »

Sorry guys.  Here is the link.

http://gjptrains.wordpress.com/category/the-milwaukee-road/

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General Discussion / Early 70s Chicago Milw pics

« on: January 24, 2011, 01:27:15 AM »

Guys,
Someone posted this link to the wisail Yahoo group.  Some nice pics of Milw in Chicago in early 70s.

Joe

141

General Discussion / Railroad photos of Chicago 1979

« on: January 19, 2011, 06:42:57 PM »

Guys,
Someone posted this link to the Yahoo group MFCL (modern freight car list).

http://www.pjv101.net/film_bw/fldrbw08.htm

This is an Austrailian historian and he has tons of railroad pics from a 1979 trip to the U.S.  Lots of nice Chicago shots. Some cool shots from Sears Tower of Grand Ave. and State St. yards.  The Tribune printing plant looks to be under construction.  Lots of tankers in Grand Ave. yard for Blommer and Newsprint cars in State St. yard for Sun Times.  
Unfortunately no Kingsbury or Goose Island. Supposedly he still has many more to scan.  Be prepared to spend several hours checking these out.  The Chicago pics start film 1427

Joe

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Modeling / Model Railroader to Feature Kingsbury Line Again

« on: November 07, 2010, 03:47:06 PM »

The Model Railroader article in question is in the new December issue.  It has a short article on an industrial switching layout based on the Milw/CTR line.  Did not get a chance to read it, was in the rush for work.  The cover feature is on Rod Stewart's layout.

Joe

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General Discussion / Blommer upper level switching

« on: September 27, 2010, 06:06:42 PM »

Thanks Tom.  Years ago, I too saw a loco with hoppers near Ogilve.  Never got to see the whole movement though.  Figured it came from North Ave. because of it\'s location.

Joe

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General Discussion / Blommer upper level switching

« on: September 25, 2010, 10:46:17 PM »

Do the cars for Blommer\'s upper level normally come from North Avenue Yard?  For 3 years I have lived along the the UP West line just east of Ogden and have never seen a freight car.  The other day a loco was pulling two hoppers west from Blommer.  I did see some mow equipment on the UP Northwest line so maybe that had something to do with it.

Joe

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General Discussion / some cool shots I found

« on: February 21, 2010, 01:45:55 AM »

Sweet pics.  Thanks for the links.  I\'ve seen his pics before, but these ones have been added recently.  Those Goose pics have to be from late eighties.  Wish I would have photgraphed that area in the early \'90s while attending UIC.  The CNW set has some good shots of Morton Salt and Temple Steel.

Joe

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General Discussion / north side C&NW shot on rp.net

« on: January 03, 2010, 10:24:39 AM »

I travel down this street every day going to work.  Looks like on the far right of pic is at Union where Kinzie slopes upward to meet Des Plaines.
On a related note, I recently got Schwarzenegger\'s \"Red Heat\" on blu-ray.  This is the area at the end of the film where the bus is hit by a CNW locomotive.  There are some ex Rock boxcars, CNW gondola, and FGE insulated boxcar visible also.

Joe

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General Discussion / Found some more vintage shots on Flickr

« on: December 21, 2009, 07:36:04 PM »

Thanks! Nice find. Those pics were added just a few days ago.

Joe

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General Discussion / Milwaukee Road in Chicago pics

« on: October 19, 2009, 11:04:38 PM »

From the same man with the recent Navy Pier pics I posted recently, here is one of the Dunning line:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dwdavidson/3913052227/in/set-72157621126657535/

Found different person who posted these pics of trains crossing Canal St.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8226029@N06/2100965596/in/pool-41233214@N00/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8226029@N06/2103578384/in/pool-41233214@N00/

Joe

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General Discussion / Navy Pier line on Flickr

« on: October 15, 2009, 05:18:59 PM »

If you change the first picture size to the largest available (original), you can see two boxcars (one looks to be a CN newsprint car) further down Illinois St.  Tom, you mention the Tribune Freedom Plant.  The elevator company I work for has the maintenence contract there, so I\'ve been able to witness lots of switching movements.  Never had a camera handy though.

Joe

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General Discussion / Cherry Avenue Bridge

« on: October 14, 2009, 06:29:06 PM »

correction to previous post.  correct link is:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesbondsv/3838976064/in/set-72157622111235192/

Joe