Weber Line 2023

[Jeff Wingstrom]

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/

[Jeff Wingstrom]

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

[chuck]

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

[Jeff Wingstrom]

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


IMG_6511 by Jeff Wingstrom, on Flickr