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themats

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Buena
« on: May 18, 2023, 09:41:01 PM »
6 cool shots of Buena on the Lake States Archive site:

https://www.lakestatesarchive.org/FR-Ritzman-Collection/CMStPP-Structures/i-fdzTF2G

You can buy copies of the images as well.
 

TBurke

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Re: Buena
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2023, 07:48:19 AM »
Very cool. I have never seen pictures of it before.
 

Jeff Wingstrom

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Re: Buena
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2023, 03:29:56 AM »
Super cool!! The station looms, imposing and moody. Wish there were a shot looking south toward Irving Park; I wonder how far north of Irving MILW locomotives would get.
 

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Re: Buena
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2023, 03:35:12 PM »
The Milwaukee Road engines would work the Buena Yard up to where it became single track to go up the CTA ramp. There was a story where a MILW engine became derailed and a CTA electric engine helped rerail it. The overhead wires extended all the way to Irving Park.