tb_blommer_08282002_01
Rebuilding the lower-level Blommer spur along the east side of the factory building. The old tracks were in terrible shape. This work crew appears to be installing a vault below and between the rails for receiving inbound loads from railcars directly into the factory. Other candy companies use chutes between the rails and into the building (Reed Candy and Peerless Confectionary along the Milwaukee Road's Lakewood tracks for example) to receive corn syrup.
tb_blommer_08282002_01
Rebuilding the lower-level Blommer spur along the east side of the
factory building. The old tracks were in terrible shape. This work
crew appears to be installing a vault below and between the rails
for receiving inbound loads from railcars directly into the
factory. Other candy companies use chutes between the rails and
into the building (Reed Candy and Peerless Confectionary along the
Milwaukee Road's Lakewood tracks for example) to receive corn
syrup.
tb_blommer_08282002_02
Another view of the reconstruction of Blommer's lower-level spur
tb_blommer_08282002_02
Another view of the reconstruction of Blommer's lower-level spur
tb_blommer_08282002_03
Former junction point on the UP (ex-C&NW) with the Navy Pier line veering off to the left (east), and the Blommer spur on the right (west). This view looks south from about Grand Avenue in Chicago, with the huge Chicago Tribune Freedom Center printing plant behind the camera. The Tribune receives large inbound loads of newsprint via boxcars on the UP. It looks like the former line to Navy Pier is being used for storage of tank cars, as well as the Blommer spur. The left track was used to reach the former Navy Pier line from 1988 to abandonment in early 2002.
tb_blommer_08282002_03
Former junction point on the UP (ex-C&NW) with the Navy Pier
line veering off to the left (east), and the Blommer spur on the
right (west). This view looks south from about Grand Avenue in
Chicago, with the huge Chicago Tribune Freedom Center printing
plant behind the camera. The Tribune receives large inbound loads
of newsprint via boxcars on the UP. It looks like the former line
to Navy Pier is being used for storage of tank cars, as well as the
Blommer spur. The left track was used to reach the former Navy Pier
line from 1988 to abandonment in early 2002.