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We're passionate about preserving the history of Chicago's near north side Milwaukee Road and C&NW railroad operations. As a non-profit historical organization, we're undergoing a process to document as much as possible about this area through information and photographs.

Updates Trailers on Goose Island Tuesday, December 22, 2009 by Shawn O'Day New contributor Shawn O'Day sends some photos of railroad owned trailers on Goose Island. C&NW Line That Traveled on a Trestle over the River and Through a Building! Monday, December 21, 2009 by Tom Burke See photos of CNW's branch line that connected the North and Northwest lines. Geese on Goose Island Saturday, August 01, 2009 by Tom Burke See a police-escorted flock of geese on Goose Island! More Gons on the Lakewood Branch Saturday, August 01, 2009 by Tom Burke More gondolas are spotted on Lakewood Branch tracks. Gons Everywhere! Tuesday, July 14, 2009 by Tom Burke Chicago Terminal recently parked some gondolas on little used tracks. Plibrico Refractories Wednesday, February 25, 2009 by Tom Burke See two photos of Plibrico Refractories in the north Kingsbury area. Passenger Service on the Chicago Terminal! Monday, November 10, 2008 by Tom Burke Chicago Terminal runs a passenger excursion on the former C&E and Goose Island trackage!

News Arthur Gerber Website Thursday, July 03, 2008 Drop by Tom Burke's excellent site on famed Chicago transit architect Arthur Gerber. MRHA's The Milwaukee Road in Chicago book now available Thursday, December 06, 2007 The Milwaukee Road Historical Association is now selling a book covering the Milwaukee's operations in Chicago. ChicagoSwitching's Tom Burke is the lead author. New Version Tuesday, October 09, 2007 Version 5 of the Chicago Switching site is now live. In this version, we've integrated our photos with Google Maps. Beneath the article title is a link to view all of the photos in the article on a map, and below each photo is a [map] link that plots the individual photo onto a map. The Interactive Map page now displays all of our photos organized by location. C&E South Line Reopens Tuesday, February 13, 2007 The Chicago Terminal Railroad tonight, February 12, 2007, opened up the stretch of the C&E South Line from the cutoff at the Goose Island lead all the way down to where the tracks end near Halsted St. The railroad's SW-8 by itself made its way down these tracks which had not seen a train since the late 1990s. The last time I recorded any action on this section was in 1998 when a boxcar was spotted at Midwest Zinc on Kingsbury two blocks south of North Avenue. Midwest Zinc is now a vacant lot. The locomotive pushed asphalt out of the flangeways and off the rails where the city had paved over the track, leaving pieces of broken pavement in its wake. Finally, the crew made a second run back with a gondola which they placed on Kingsbury St. Hopefully the new shortline will be able to attract new rail shippers to this section of the line.