CNW shrine on the Mayfair branch

[Jeff Wingstrom]

Noticed this the other day. Just south of Pratt Ave. Pink lady ballast and all.

[TBurke]

It's nice that they preserved a relic of the railroad heritage and noted it with a sign. I walked the 606 Trail when it first opened and was disappointed to not see a single rail preserved nor signage unlike the High Line Trail in NYC.

The date is a little off. UP continued to service Sun Chemical north of Touhy through at least 2003 and the tracks were in place as late as 2005.

Also this line at this point was actually the Weber Branch of Line. Mayfair was the line up to River Junction. From there it forked into the Skokie Subdivision to Northbrook and the Weber Line into Evanston.

http://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2020/04/abanc-weber-yard-on-weber-canal-branch.html

Good digital copy of this out of print book on the line available here-

https://cnwhs.org/wp1/product/cnw-lines-north-of-mayfair-maps/

I have photos of the line when it was still in service and later, after operations ended but the tracks were still in place, in this album.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/39092860@N06/albums/72157658402425729/with/20903869703/