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Chicago Switching => General Discussion => Topic started by: TBurke on December 29, 2006, 05:34:12 PM

Title: 12/28/06-Business Strong on the C&E Line
Post by: TBurke on December 29, 2006, 05:34:12 PM

Good news, business seems strong on the CP Rail C&E Line, soon to be spun off to shortline operator Chicago Terminal.  Yesterday I came up with the following tally:  Big Bay Lumber on Goose Island, two bulkhead flatcars; Peerless Confectionary, one each of a pressurized hopper and tank car, and Finkl Steel had four gondolas.  I wasn\'t able to look inside the fenced off General Iron Industries site for a count but the train crew was busy shuttling cars back and forth.  There were no cars at Sipi Metals however.

Title: 12/28/06-Business Strong on the C&E Line
Post by: Northwesterner on January 02, 2007, 11:47:56 AM

I was at Peerless on 12/28 and was not alone. There were three other railfans, (including a car full of Chicago\'s finest) watching the CP crew drop off their last cars. Funny thing, Peerless wasn\'t even open.

Title: 12/28/06-Business Strong on the C&E Line
Post by: JohnColeman on January 02, 2007, 04:52:31 PM

Did anyone get any \"last day\" for CP pics?

Title: 12/28/06-Business Strong on the C&E Line
Post by: cnwnorthline on January 06, 2007, 04:05:45 AM

Hi,

Try:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=169758

there are more pics by this same guy. Just click on his name.

Enjoy,

Matt