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New Site Updates / Splash page has error.

« Last post by Ethan on March 14, 2021, 12:55:32 PM »

FYI - when going to chicagoswitching.com, the following appears. Going directly to http://www.chicagoswitching.com/forum/index.php works fine.


Zenphoto has detected a change in your installation.

    Zenphoto 1.4.14[f5b47da52f] has been copied over an unknown release.

The change detected is critical. You must run setup for your site to function.

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General Discussion / More Tribune switching videos uploaded

« Last post by haggar on March 13, 2021, 08:05:57 PM »

Added a couple more videos to YouTube.

https://youtu.be/Rwahothaapo.

https://youtu.be/1_bNsE1QmiU

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General Discussion / Re: Youtube videos UP switching Tribune Freedom Center

« Last post by TribuneFreightFanatic on March 08, 2021, 09:51:17 PM »

Fantastic footage! I miss photographing all those 50' newsprint boxcars. Thank you for documenting and sharing this.

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General Discussion / Re: Youtube videos UP switching Tribune Freedom Center

« Last post by Ethan on March 08, 2021, 12:11:32 PM »

Cool to see all those newsprint boxcars. My other modeling interest in the Central Vermont circa 1980 and they had tons of those 50' newsprint boxcars running north and south through New England, perhaps picking up newsprint destined to the Tribune!

Best,
Ethan

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General Discussion / Re: New youtube videos of Chicago Terminal on Goose Island

« Last post by TBurke on March 08, 2021, 08:22:21 AM »

Finally posted some videos to YouTube (my first time).
Caught this at Big Bay back in 2/22/13. I had to speed home to the west loop to grab my video camera. This was before I had a decent camera on my phone. I was only able to catch them leaving Goose Island. Wish I captured more but better than nothing.
Unfortunately, this is the only video I was ever able to get of this operation


https://youtu.be/2ji6DldtmxQ

https://youtu.be/z9go2Uy9hFA

Nice job capturing another era. It looks like the cab driver and/or passenger were in a hurry to see the train too at the end of the second video.

It appears they brought a load for Finkl Steel along for the ride in the gondola.

I shot mainly CP Rail on VHS-C back in the day on the C&E North Line. The transfer is not the greatest to digital as you can see on the various videos I uploaded to YouTube. Later I switched to a Sony camcorder with mini-DVD media but even that pales by comparison in terms of quality to what you can get from a new iPhone in terms of video.

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General Discussion / Re: Online Collection of Milwaukee Road Track Diagrams of C&E, Deering, Etc. Lines

« Last post by TBurke on March 08, 2021, 08:12:47 AM »

Service was cut back to Melrose Avenue circa 1981 with enough track left to serve as a tail when working Reed Candy just south of Belmont. Isolated tracks were left in place in various spots north of Melrose including a section at what is now Margaret Donahue Park which was taken up about ten years ago when the park was built. The vision for the original park was to retain the section of track and integrate it into the park with a marker talking about the railroad heritage of the Milwaukee Road in the neighborhood. At some point the Cubs got involved in funding the park which is named after a long time Cubs employee and the railroad heritage was shoved aside.

There was a building supply company that was served by the Milwaukee Road off Melrose alongside the east side of the tracks. At School Street was what looks to be a coal yard and tower. I believe there was also a piano factory near there too.

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General Discussion / Re: Youtube videos UP switching Tribune Freedom Center

« Last post by TBurke on March 08, 2021, 07:53:17 AM »

Added some more videos taken 12/08/09. UPY 707 switching Freedom Center.

https://youtu.be/0Oie_gb81TE

https://youtu.be/vMEuOAQ84yo

https://youtu.be/1J3A_WSNjL4

https://youtu.be/h4ZRUqEUhvY

Nice capture. Back in the days when they still had a healthy amount of business as shown by all of the boxcars. Lou Gerard posted a picture a few days ago of a UP crew with just one boxcar for the Tribune...

Joe

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General Discussion / Youtube videos UP switching Tribune Freedom Center

« Last post by haggar on March 07, 2021, 12:43:18 PM »

Added some more videos taken 12/08/09. UPY 707 switching Freedom Center.

https://youtu.be/0Oie_gb81TE

https://youtu.be/vMEuOAQ84yo

https://youtu.be/1J3A_WSNjL4

https://youtu.be/h4ZRUqEUhvY

Joe

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General Discussion / Re: New youtube videos of Chicago Terminal on Goose Island

« Last post by haggar on March 07, 2021, 12:01:16 AM »

Those were recorded in 1080p so make sure to check that in youtube settings. Your default might be set lower


Joe

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General Discussion / New youtube videos of Chicago Terminal on Goose Island

« Last post by haggar on March 06, 2021, 11:28:42 PM »

Finally posted some videos to YouTube (my first time).
Caught this at Big Bay back in 2/22/13. I had to speed home to the west loop to grab my video camera. This was before I had a decent camera on my phone. I was only able to catch them leaving Goose Island. Wish I captured more but better than nothing.
Unfortunately, this is the only video I was ever able to get of this operation


https://youtu.be/2ji6DldtmxQ

https://youtu.be/z9go2Uy9hFA

Joe