Big Bay Lumber

[SlowFreight]

Howdy all!

I\'m working on a model of Big Bay lumber, and I\'ve got it about 20% done, but
I need more information to keep working.  Basically, when I took my photos years ago, I stood in Cherry St. on top of the switch that actually leads inside Big Bay\'s gated yard and pointed the camera down the track.  I\'ve searched online for hours and found every photo I can, but what I DON\'T have are any good pictures of the inside of this gated area.  Is there any chance someone could get down there with a camera and get several good pictures of what the place looks like inside the gate where the spur enters the yard?  I really want to see the southeast wall of the main building--doors, docks, windows, whatever.  

Being all the way out here in New Mexico, I\'m really limited in what I can do for my own research, and if I wasn\'t smart enough to get good pictures on my last trip (back in 2000), I don\'t have it!

So, any help you guys can provide is really appreciated!

-Taylor

[tom mann]

Taylor,  show us photos!

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tom mann
http://www.chicagoswitching.com

[mark_k]

Taylor,

If none of the local boys can get pix for you, I can give it a go when I visit in April.

[SlowFreight]

Sorry to be out of touch for a while.  Any one have luck getting photos of Big Bay?

[TBurke]

Slow Freight:

I never went inside the Big Bay Lumber yard to take pictures but I can tell you that their spur runs almost the entire length of their property, from where it enters off Kingsbury, passing through one building, and then coming out the other side near the south gate where it ends.  It\'s covered with pallets in some spots.

You might be able to get a good birds-eye visual from Google Earth or the City of Chicago\'s mapping feature which is even more accurate I am told.  I use Google Earth when modeling these former lines to get relative proportions right of the buildings and streets as well as for roof details.

As I mentioned in another post, I\'ve been taking pictures of Goose Island trains and tracks since the mid-1980s and I never saw Big Bay get a delivery on their spur.  Always done from the street, I assumed to save space inside their lumber yard.

[mark_k]

quote:Originally posted by SlowFreight

Sorry to be out of touch for a while.  Any one have luck getting photos of Big Bay?

I\'ve got a handful of Cherry Street scenes near and at BB, all from last week\'s tour.

Here are 3

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/3200/p1030516dc7.jpg

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/2450/p1030508zm0.jpg

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5326/p1030511hv8.jpg

[SlowFreight]

Thanks!  Where was that first shot taken?

BTW, I can still use all I can get of the gated area in the third photo.

[mark_k]

quote:Originally posted by SlowFreight

Thanks!  Where was that first shot taken?

BTW, I can still use all I can get of the gated area in the third photo.

First looks directly into what I was told is Big Bay, east side of Cherry Street directly south of that gated area. I\'ll see what else I have. Matt and Dan might have some as well.

[TBurke]

Slow Freight-

I\'m sending Tom Mann a photo taken through the south gate of the Big Bay property that shows the southern end, including the building that the spur runs through.  It was taken in 2004.

[tom mann]

quote:Originally posted by TBurke

Slow Freight-

I\'m sending Tom Mann a photo taken through the south gate of the Big Bay property that shows the southern end, including the building that the spur runs through.  It was taken in 2004.

Here you go:



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tom mann
http://www.chicagoswitching.com

[SlowFreight]

Cool!  This only leaves one area left where I need photos.  Just north (timetable west) of the brick portion in the photo is another gated yard.  This map shows what I\'m looking for (shoulda drawn it in da first place).

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&num=10&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=107073950551497691106.000001128bac88ea822ca&ll=41.903117,-87.653169&spn=0.000882,0.001784&t=k&z=19&om=1

[XG01X]

I have two pictures circa 05 have you Windows local live also?
http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=qzhfmc7pvzwv&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=11385434&encType=1

[XG01X]

I take that back I think the first one is the place across the street sorry.

[SlowFreight]

Dude!!!!!  WAY better than Google Earth!  This should just about do it.

[XG01X]

Oh yeah windows local live is great; all the different angles, especially for modelers. The Chicago 2D views just got put on local live and I went virtual railfanning on lines covered on here.