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Soo Line conductor ("Paul") steps down to flag traffic and set the switch on Morgan St. as the MP-15 eases toward the warehouse and its two spur tracks inside.tb_CPCarrollAve_1991_03
Soo Line conductor ("Paul") steps down to flag traffic and set the
switch on Morgan St. as the MP-15 eases toward the warehouse and
its two spur tracks inside.
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The MP-15 gingerly backs into the building and couples onto a white boxcar. There's another empty boxcar in the spur to the right (north) which needs to be removed next.tb_CPCarrollAve_1991_04
The MP-15 gingerly backs into the building and couples onto a white
boxcar. There's another empty boxcar in the spur to the right
(north) which needs to be removed next.
The first car is pulled out of the building!
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The crew slowly moves the train out past the switch and prepares to back down the second spur in the building to remove the remaining empty car. Paul steps onto Morgan once again to flag traffic and throw the switch. The train will back into the spur and couple the white boxcar onto the brown boxcar, pulling both back out together.tb_CPCarrollAve_1991_06
The crew slowly moves the train out past the switch and prepares to back down the second spur in the building to remove the remaining empty car. Paul steps onto Morgan once again to flag traffic and throw the switch. The train will back into the spur and couple the white boxcar onto the brown boxcar, pulling both back out together.
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Job complete, the MP-15 and the two boxcars head back to the rest of the train in the distance.
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Job complete, the MP-15 and the two boxcars head back to the rest of the train in the distance.
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Looking through the goldenrod and asters we can see the CP Rail train paused in the General Iron Industries area at CE Junction. CE Junction is the point where the Milwaukee Road's Bloomingdale Line joined the C&E Line. This picture was taken from the sidewalk on Kingsbury just outside the General Iron Industries main gate.
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Looking through the goldenrod and asters we can see the CP Rail
train paused in the General Iron Industries area at CE Junction. CE
Junction is the point where the Milwaukee Road's Bloomingdale Line
joined the C&E Line. This picture was taken from the sidewalk
on Kingsbury just outside the General Iron Industries main gate.
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We're looking south down Kingsbury St. and the gate is about to open for the train to proceed up to Finkl Steel for some switching duties. This section of Kingsbury St. was vacated by the City of Chicago for General Iron to expand their operations without cross traffic. The spur on the right or east was put in the same time as Kingsbury was rebuilt in 1985 with new street trackage but it has never been used. It goes to a Finkl Steel building just across Cortland.
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We're looking south down Kingsbury St. and the gate is about to
open for the train to proceed up to Finkl Steel for some switching
duties. This section of Kingsbury St. was vacated by the City of
Chicago for General Iron to expand their operations without cross
traffic. The spur on the right or east was put in the same time as
Kingsbury was rebuilt in 1985 with new street trackage but it has
never been used. It goes to a Finkl Steel building just across
Cortland.
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The gate opens! A rare shot of the CP Rail train heading out of the General Iron's property and up Kingsbury St., shoving gondolas ahead.
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The gate opens! A rare shot of the CP Rail train heading out of the
General Iron's property and up Kingsbury St., shoving gondolas
ahead.
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Tight squeeze as the conductor rides the lead gondola on the train crawling north up Kingsbury St. Soon he'll step down to flag traffic at Cortland. Note the shiny, new condition of these gondolas. They won't be that way for long.
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Tight squeeze as the conductor rides the lead gondola on the train
crawling north up Kingsbury St. Soon he'll step down to flag
traffic at Cortland. Note the shiny, new condition of these
gondolas. They won't be that way for long.
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To the surprise of pedestrians and drivers in vehicles a train appears heading up the middle of Kingsbury St.! One motorist driving west on Cortland was anxiously honking his horn at the train. This train will continue up Kingsbury and rearrange cars at Finkl Steel, using the C&E lead and the remains of the Deering Line for the maneuvers.
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To the surprise of pedestrians and drivers in vehicles a train
appears heading up the middle of Kingsbury St.! One motorist
driving west on Cortland was anxiously honking his horn at the
train. This train will continue up Kingsbury and rearrange cars at
Finkl Steel, using the C&E lead and the remains of the Deering
Line for the maneuvers.
tb_cprailnorthave_12012005
A pair of CP Rail MP-15s in different color schemes moves southbound into the UP North Avenue yard towards noon a snowy December 1, joining a third CP MP-15 already parked alongside the yard office. The red MP-15 would be used for switching that day. Morton Salt's shed is visible in the distance.
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A pair of CP Rail MP-15s in different color schemes moves
southbound into the UP North Avenue yard towards noon a snowy
December 1, joining a third CP MP-15 already parked alongside the
yard office. The red MP-15 would be used for switching that day.
Morton Salt's shed is visible in the distance.
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The cherry red CP Rail MP-15 darts down the Sipi Metals spur to pick up an empty gondola before moving across the river for its next chores.
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The cherry red CP Rail MP-15 darts down the Sipi Metals spur to pick up an empty gondola before moving across the river for its next chores.