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General Discussion / Re: American Freedom Train in Chicago
« on: September 12, 2015, 12:27:34 PM »
These are great! I didn't even know the American Freedom Train was a thing.
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Scroll down to the fifth photo to see this site when it was rail-served and part of Midwest Industrial Metals.
This building was once Midwest Industrial Metals and it was served by the MILW and later SOO. Later Calumet Photo operated there. Now Amazon will occupy it. This link will take you to a photo of Midwest Industrial Metals when it was operating and rail-served. A SOO train is on North Branch while a boxcar is spotted on the spur inside the facility.
I'd imagine it's safe to assume that this is where all those ties have ended up:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/prfsnlwannabe/15752668149/in/pool-metra
-Matt
In addition to having an amazing collection of northside switching photos, John Smatlak has a great album on Flickr of the Com Ed line remains:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/76677346@N04/sets/72157636488148584
I think he's also responsible for the following website about the Com Ed line, which ran on inverted 3rd rail:
http://www.railwaypreservation.com/northwest_station.htm
Be sure to check out the 2 PDFs at the top of the website. Great pics and info.
Mike Murray