David Jordan's blog has a listing of customers that at one point were served by the Central Illinois Railroad over tracks leased from BNSF. Here's the link.
http://peoriastation.blogpeoria.com/2010/07/29/ciry-update/If at some point his blog disappears I wanted to paste the list here as well with some comments/observations. Does anyone know where Domick's distribution center was or Kolcraft's plant?
American Sugar Refining Corp. [still rail served by BNSF]
Battaglia Distributing Co. [still rail served by BNSF]
Colonial Brick Co. [still rail served by BNSF]
Cozzi Iron & Metal Inc. [bought by Metal Management]
Dominick’s Finer Foods Inc. [I have no idea where it was located, timely though with the whole chain going out of business soon]
Frozen Assets Cold Storage [still there but its spur is severed]
H. Kramer & Co. [spur and tail track still in place but as of this week did not appear to have recent rail service due to dirt and weeds on the tracks]
International Cellulose Inc [building looks deserted, isolated and abandoned tracks still in place]
Kolcraft Enterprises [no listing in the area, just a downtown office address now-where was its plant?]
Maloney Lumber & Plywood [relocated to12800 S Butler Dr, Chicago, IL 60633 ]
Metal Management Inc [still rail served by BNSF]
Metal Management Midwest [duplicate listing]
Pure Asphalt Co. [business is still there, with isolated and abandoned tracks]
Stock Building Supply [Gone, it was located south of Cermak. The spur held a blue CIRY switcher for a long time. Spur now severed where it crossed Cermak]
On another note using historicaerials.com it is interesting to see all of the one-time industries NORTH of Cermak served by the Lumber District Santa Fe line which crossed Cermak in several places via long spurs to reach them.
