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Aerial View of Pacific Junction in Chicago-Milwaukee Road
« on: January 07, 2016, 03:25:11 PM »
Great shot by the Milwaukee Road photographer McCoy showing Pacific Junction.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/milwaukeeroadproject/16180788176/in/dateposted/

The Bloomingdale Line is to the left or east of the diamond.  The plant with the elevated spur coming off the Bloomindale line to the north (bottom of photo) is the old Schwinn bike factory.  On the other side of the Bloomingdale Line is the former Playskol factory with a boxcar on its spur. 

Pacific Junction was so-named since it was the junction between the Chicago & Milwaukee and the Chicago & Pacific predecessor lines of the Milwaukee Road.  The Bloomingdale Line was part of the C&P.