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General Discussion / CTR Crews Applying Stickers to Gondolas
« on: September 08, 2009, 05:59:25 PM »
By chance,where is Mill Yard?
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General Discussion / Craigin Line
« on: June 15, 2009, 07:10:48 PM »
Hey there,
I was just curious to know when the last run-through train ran on the Craigin Line. I know that it is kind of off-topic,but I was just curious.
Cway
I was just curious to know when the last run-through train ran on the Craigin Line. I know that it is kind of off-topic,but I was just curious.
Cway
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General Discussion / New All-Time List of C&NW/UP NW Line Industries
« on: June 15, 2009, 07:08:18 PM »
Hey there,
This is quite helpful. Thanks a lot. I am curious to know if there were any industries along the Craigin line besides the bakery at Diversey Avenue. And if there were, when was the last service and where was the spur?
Cway
This is quite helpful. Thanks a lot. I am curious to know if there were any industries along the Craigin line besides the bakery at Diversey Avenue. And if there were, when was the last service and where was the spur?
Cway
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General Discussion / Special movement for Chicago Terminal?
« on: June 09, 2009, 08:05:42 PM »
I remember seeing a drop-center flatcar with a transformer by Lee Lumber last year some time...Any thoughts as to why it would be all the way down by North Avenue yard?
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General Discussion / spur into materials site...
« on: March 31, 2009, 07:14:19 PM »
Good day,
I was driving by Chicago and Halsted the other day and noticed a long spur by the concrete silos at the materials site. Does anybody know when the last time it was used? I\'ve never seen any cars there. I know that they recieve barges full of gravel,stone,etc...
Cway
I was driving by Chicago and Halsted the other day and noticed a long spur by the concrete silos at the materials site. Does anybody know when the last time it was used? I\'ve never seen any cars there. I know that they recieve barges full of gravel,stone,etc...
Cway
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General Discussion / Clybourn Avenue question
« on: March 17, 2009, 08:05:32 PM »
Good day,
It sounds like you are talking about Sipi Metals. There is a spur that has a chain linked fence. I am not sure who services the spur,but I want to say Chicago Terminal. If you go to the main page of this site,click on BLOOMINGDALE LINE and you will see some pics of what you might have seen...
Cway
It sounds like you are talking about Sipi Metals. There is a spur that has a chain linked fence. I am not sure who services the spur,but I want to say Chicago Terminal. If you go to the main page of this site,click on BLOOMINGDALE LINE and you will see some pics of what you might have seen...
Cway
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General Discussion / Coal Hoppers by Finkl siding
« on: January 22, 2009, 04:58:23 PM »
Those might be for scrap...I saw some high-side gondolas in North Avenue yard and they say DJJ on the side...They look like a boxcar with no roof and have no chutes underneath. Let me know...
Cway
Cway
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General Discussion / just an observation...
« on: January 13, 2009, 09:39:55 PM »
I happened to drive by Blommer Chocolate factory and noticed that there were no hopper cars on the lower level,but 3 trucks were there...Is the lower level no longer active?
Also,I drove by Big Bay lumber and noticed that the runaround track is buried under a heap of snow? How do you think Chicago Terminal will deal with it? A big plow or bobcat will be needed as there is a mound near the switch...
Cway
Also,I drove by Big Bay lumber and noticed that the runaround track is buried under a heap of snow? How do you think Chicago Terminal will deal with it? A big plow or bobcat will be needed as there is a mound near the switch...
Cway
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General Discussion / CNW trackage...
« on: December 05, 2008, 06:46:02 PM »
From what I\'ve seen,they use it for MOW equipment. In the summer,I saw a Burros crane and some gondolas with ties inside...Besides the spur that went to Temple steel,what other spurs have you seen ripped up?
Cway
Cway
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General Discussion / CNW trackage...
« on: December 04, 2008, 10:58:02 PM »
Good day all,
Out of curiousity,why did CNW go from 3 tracks to 2 tracks on the North Line,but retained all 3 tracks on the Northwest Line...Is it because of the reduction of traffic on the Weber Line? There used to be a couple of shippers on the North Line in the 90s(Hines Lumber and Temple Steel). On the Northwest Line, there is the lumber yard by Avondale and the Sandman,but that is it...Any thoughts?
Cway
Out of curiousity,why did CNW go from 3 tracks to 2 tracks on the North Line,but retained all 3 tracks on the Northwest Line...Is it because of the reduction of traffic on the Weber Line? There used to be a couple of shippers on the North Line in the 90s(Hines Lumber and Temple Steel). On the Northwest Line, there is the lumber yard by Avondale and the Sandman,but that is it...Any thoughts?
Cway
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General Discussion / Proctor and Gamble plant...
« on: December 04, 2008, 10:48:07 PM »
Wow...Thanks for the info...It amazes me that all these huge factories all shuttered and were knocked down...From US Steel on the southeast side to the Dutch Boy paint factory to the far south side...Then Peerless and then what?
Cway
Cway
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General Discussion / Proctor and Gamble plant...
« on: December 04, 2008, 02:05:15 AM »
Good day,
Out of mere curiousity,does anybody know when the Proctor and Gamble plant was closed down. I remember it being knocked down sometime in the late 90s,but it seemed like it had a decent amount of rail traffic sometime or another...Also,did the tracks on Wabansia feed the plant one time or another or was it just for the steel plant?
Cway
Out of mere curiousity,does anybody know when the Proctor and Gamble plant was closed down. I remember it being knocked down sometime in the late 90s,but it seemed like it had a decent amount of rail traffic sometime or another...Also,did the tracks on Wabansia feed the plant one time or another or was it just for the steel plant?
Cway
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General Discussion / Official abandonment of Weber line...
« on: December 01, 2008, 08:38:04 PM »
I read on another site that Union Pacific has filed for abandonment of the Weber Line from Wilson all the way up to Touhy Avenue. I am a little confused as well as dissappointed because from Lincoln Avenue to Touhy Avenue the line was already ripped out...Can anybody shed some light on this?
Cway
Cway
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General Discussion / North Avenue yard...
« on: December 01, 2008, 08:31:27 PM »
Does anybody have any rhyme or reason as to why North Avenue yard has been so empty lately. It only had a few covered hoppers and a couple of high-side gondolas in it...It usually has some lumber cars and a bunch of boxcars in it. I know that the Tribune yard hasn\'t been as busy lately,but there are still some boxcars around...
Cway
Cway
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General Discussion / Temple Steel Crains Article
« on: August 22, 2008, 05:41:45 PM »
I remember back in the early 90s during noontime hours hearing the bells of the engine as it entered the Temple Steel facility...It\'s a bloody shame that they removed the spur and grade crossings. I\'m not sure,but I think that the crossbuck is still there...I also remember gondolas being stored on a couple tracks behind Hines lumber which was next to Temple steel. Last time I looked,there is some kind of building on the lot. I\'m not sure if the tracks are still intact,but last summer driving by, I saw some MOW equipment over there...
One more thing, driving by Temple Steel,it looks like there is a track in the middle of the facility. Does anybody remember seeing any freight cars on it?
Cway
One more thing, driving by Temple Steel,it looks like there is a track in the middle of the facility. Does anybody remember seeing any freight cars on it?
Cway