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Title: 1999: Freight Cars Parked along Magnolia
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.

Title: Re: 1999: Freight Cars Parked along Magnolia
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.

Title: Re: 1999: Freight Cars Parked along Magnolia
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

Title: Re: 1999: Freight Cars Parked along Magnolia
Post by: TBurke on February 22, 2021, 11:05:01 AM

Quote from: 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.

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

Title: Re: 1999: Freight Cars Parked along Magnolia
Post by: TBurke on February 22, 2021, 11:09:31 AM

Quote from: 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.

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/

Title: Re: 1999: Freight Cars Parked along Magnolia
Post by: TribuneFreightFanatic on February 22, 2021, 10:06:57 PM

Fantastic, thanks gents!