Until it warms up and I can get my own shot, I'm going to make do with this image.
An Iowa Pacific E-9 pulling a passenger train on what is normally a freight-only cutoff from the northern Milwaukee route.
I learned the tower's name from this posting. Once I had the name, I could Google search "
Bensenville B17" to find the location. I don't need to go back to a 1938 aerial photo because both routes and the tower still exist. The search also found a
Chicago Railfan resource that I record here for future reference.
And another railfan resource.
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Steven J. Brown posted
Hooping orders to outbound New Line SOO SD60's from Bensenville at Tower B17 in May 1990. |
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Jerry Jackson posted
A typical Fall workday at Bensenville. 1990.
[Jerry confirmed that is Tower B17 on the left.]
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Sam Carlson
posted a couple of Jan 1985 photos and a contemporary photo that includes B17.
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The tower has changed.
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Robby Gragg On 5/6/24 the Empress arrives into Bensenville, IL and passes Tower B17, one of only a few manned operating interlocking towers in the Chicagoland area. |
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