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section of Southport Avenue now taken over by Finkl's Steel. The crossing gate was added only within the past 10 years and does not guard a rail crossing. View Looks north.
looking E-SE from Southport toward Kingsbury. Yellow crane in background is used to spot freight cars inside Finkl's complex. This is Deering Line trackage.
Deering ROW is just to the right of trailer on extreme right. Note RR crossing sign on fence.

Bridge in background is Webster Ave. draw.

to the right of trailer is Deering Line ROW and to the right of that is a road then the river. Alot of activity in relatively narrow confines.
CNW/UP/Metra North Line viaduct. Tunnel was where Deering Lien crossed underneath.

View looks E/NE from strip mall parking lot behind TJ Maxx. Site was formerly a rock-crushing operation into the mid-1990s.