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General Discussion / Re: ADM mill being demolished

« Last post by haggar on February 24, 2021, 09:20:55 AM »

Raisin,
That is part of the old Pennsylvania Railroad's panhandle
line.  That's why there is a PRR signal bridge between Racine and May.

 http://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2015/02/prrs-chicago-and-great-eastern-railway.html?m=1

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General Discussion / Re: ADM mill being demolished

« Last post by raisin on February 22, 2021, 11:16:40 PM »

Why did NS have that switch job? NS tracks aren't anywhere around there are they? Isn't that all UP trackage?

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General Discussion / Re: ADM mill being demolished

« Last post by TribuneFreightFanatic on February 22, 2021, 10:08:27 PM »

My company has the elevator maintenance contract at Freedom Center. I have taken a few videos of switching from the parking lot. I have a few more from under the Ohio feeder bridge. Will try to post them one of these years.

Joe

Please consider doing so. That's some great archival footage there.

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General Discussion / Re: 1999: Freight Cars Parked along Magnolia

« Last post by TribuneFreightFanatic on February 22, 2021, 10:06:57 PM »

Fantastic, thanks gents!

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General Discussion / Re: 1999: Freight Cars Parked along Magnolia

« Last post by TBurke on February 22, 2021, 11:09:31 AM »

Also- does anyone have photos of that Magnolia Ave. scrap yard lot when it was active? I'm modeling that spur on my HO Morton Salt layout and would love to see if there's any particular details of the site I could model.

This view might be helpful.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/5632/9102453406/in/photolist-AY87n3-eSmsgQ-eSkStS-MYuqwV-Q8Ex1m-QCAEAY-LkimZc-NXF7Zj-oq2unF-PA2Vbn-QatVoC-Qvbg64-RiidqQ-QhZo39-2ka8xvP-QugEz5-2hPGFfm

And these images-

http://www.chicagoswitching.com/chicago/former-cnw-up/north-line/Halloween-Outing-Part-2-N-Magnolia-Ave/

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General Discussion / Re: 1999: Freight Cars Parked along Magnolia

« Last post by TBurke on February 22, 2021, 11:05:01 AM »

Also- does anyone have photos of that Magnolia Ave. scrap yard lot when it was active? I'm modeling that spur on my HO Morton Salt layout and would love to see if there's any particular details of the site I could model.

I don't have any photos of gondolas or trains working that scrapyard but here is a view of Magnolia before it was rebuilt.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/39092860@N06/25190170421/in/photolist-PGqxPV-2dsx7mR-2dsx7ip-PGqxNn-EnYd48-xDW5eJ

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General Discussion / Re: 1999: Freight Cars Parked along Magnolia

« Last post by haggar on February 19, 2021, 11:25:14 AM »

Yes, they were scrap metal gondolas. Used to see them all the time when taking that shortcut up to North Ave. Never took pics. Before the time of convenient cell phone cameras.

Joe

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General Discussion / Re: ADM mill being demolished

« Last post by haggar on February 19, 2021, 11:21:23 AM »

My company has the elevator maintenance contract at Freedom Center. I have taken a few videos of switching from the parking lot. I have a few more from under the Ohio feeder bridge. Will try to post them one of these years.

Joe

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General Discussion / Re: 1999: Freight Cars Parked along Magnolia

« Last post by TribuneFreightFanatic on February 18, 2021, 04:48:56 PM »

Also- does anyone have photos of that Magnolia Ave. scrap yard lot when it was active? I'm modeling that spur on my HO Morton Salt layout and would love to see if there's any particular details of the site I could model.

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General Discussion / 1999: Freight Cars Parked along Magnolia

« Last post by TribuneFreightFanatic on February 18, 2021, 04:46:27 PM »

Hi All,

While looking up historical aerial footage of the Morton Salt facility, I noticed quite a few cars staged along the Magnolia Ave. spur. The date stamp is 1999, and Home Depot has already replaced the P&G plant so I doubt they're tank cars. Any ideas what kind of cars would be laid up there? Gons for the scrap yard adjacent to the tracks? I've attached a screenshot of the map aerial below.

Thanks in advance.