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Chicago Switching => General Discussion => Topic started by: Jeff Wingstrom on February 02, 2023, 03:52:22 AM

Title: Weber Line 2023
Post by: Jeff Wingstrom on February 02, 2023, 03:52:22 AM

Some pics from a recent bike ride
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jwingstrom/albums/72177720305708152

Spotted a bit of siding, rare up there these days:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jwingstrom/52664691800/in/album-72177720305708152/

Title: Re: Weber Line 2023
Post by: Jeff Wingstrom on February 04, 2023, 02:11:25 PM

I don't think these have been posted here before..  2004 footage of activity on the line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdvL9X3Kono
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJidUN7B3UM

Title: Re: Weber Line 2023
Post by: chuck on February 06, 2023, 07:22:07 PM

Thanks for sharing.
Is that a former station with the Skokie signage?

Title: Re: Weber Line 2023
Post by: Jeff Wingstrom on February 14, 2023, 06:09:10 PM

It was a C&NW freight station according to Tom Burke .. his 1991 pics:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/39092860@N06/21358956108/in/photostream/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/39092860@N06/21546814805/in/photostream/

Poking around through there lately (it's a very fun bike path) this looks like it would have been a really interesting and varied freight rail corridor. Lots of ghostly bits here and there to be spotted. Also -- the "Skokie Valley" ROW in general, what a waste it is, north of Dempster. South of there, with a paved path now and my electric bike it's like a superhighway, but that's partly because it's almost deserted. It's a straight diagonal path to the Chicago CBD, you'd think a high/ish speed rail line, maybe with a super cool paint scheme, could easily thrive on relief from the 90/94 slog..  sigh

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52689695154_6389455c03_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oh1sFU)
IMG_6511 (https://flic.kr/p/2oh1sFU) by Jeff Wingstrom (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jwingstrom/), on Flickr