The CGW Depot was on the east side of this yard.
Fortunately, in the suburbs much of the CGW right-of-way is now the Great Western Trail, which makes it much easier to find CGW stuff. In this 1939 aerial photo, the white line going north/south is IL-59.
Update:
Update:
Ken Swiderski commented on a post: "Wasn't most of the switching handled by Chicago Transfer Yard? What was Ingalton used for, interchanging via the J and for industry work?"
Dennis DeBruler Ken Swiderski Sorry about the delay, but I had to take some time to fix some errors I had in my General Mills notes. UP switched General Mills on the former CGW tracks until it closed in 2002.
https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/.../general-mills...
This comment by nordique72 at April 6, 2011 11:16am in http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/t/190060.aspx?page=2 makes it sound like both CGW yards were industrial yards.
"The yard the CGW leased from the B&OCT was called the 'Chicago Transfer Yard' and it lays just south of the Eisenhower Expressway between Cicero and Laramie Avenues in Chicago. The yard is lightly used today by the CSXT to serve a couple local industries. CGW freights normally operated directly into the B&OCT yard and the power layed over there, while the small amount of local traffic CGW handled was set out and switched at 'the Transfer'."
I assume that Ingalton was a "helper" yard much like CB&Q's Eola Yard was back when Clyde (Cicero) handled freight or Santa Fe's GM Yard was back when Corwith handled freight. (Now Eola and GM Yards are the freight yards because the main yards have been converted to intermodal. In fact, Eola has been expanded.)
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| Mark Llanuza posted Its Jan 1975 I'm at Ingalton yard on the old CGW line in West Chicago IL looking west .This also was used as the training center for training engineer's along the main line inside the train station. went back again same location in 2014 |
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| 1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
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| Mark Llanuza posted Its 1962 and after shot 1992 at Ingalton yard West Chicago IL. James McAdams Were these taken from the Route 59 bridge? Mark Llanuza yes this was route 59 bridge. [facing West] Forgotten Railways, Roads, and Places shared |
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| Jerry Jackson commented on Mark's posting |
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| Jerry Hud posted A lot of discussion of the Ingalton (West Chicago) area made me think of this blue print of the CGW. Don't you just love old railroad drawings? John Markl We're accustomed to charts with "up" being north...in this case, "up" is south. |
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| Mark Llanuza posted Its May 1976 westbound General Motor's test train with F-units roll past the former CGW Ingalton station .At the time in 1976 this station was used by the CNW training school for engineer's and conductors at this former CGW yard .This train ran from Carol Stream to Virgil IL with loaded coal .I went back to the same location standing on the cement foundation of the train station to match up my old photo at West Chicago IL 2015 .That is route 59 bridge in the back ground. |
Dennis DeBruler Ken Swiderski Sorry about the delay, but I had to take some time to fix some errors I had in my General Mills notes. UP switched General Mills on the former CGW tracks until it closed in 2002.
https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/.../general-mills...
This comment by nordique72 at April 6, 2011 11:16am in http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/t/190060.aspx?page=2 makes it sound like both CGW yards were industrial yards.
"The yard the CGW leased from the B&OCT was called the 'Chicago Transfer Yard' and it lays just south of the Eisenhower Expressway between Cicero and Laramie Avenues in Chicago. The yard is lightly used today by the CSXT to serve a couple local industries. CGW freights normally operated directly into the B&OCT yard and the power layed over there, while the small amount of local traffic CGW handled was set out and switched at 'the Transfer'."
I assume that Ingalton was a "helper" yard much like CB&Q's Eola Yard was back when Clyde (Cicero) handled freight or Santa Fe's GM Yard was back when Corwith handled freight. (Now Eola and GM Yards are the freight yards because the main yards have been converted to intermodal. In fact, Eola has been expanded.)
Thanks for the history. My maps say there is an area called "Ingalton" along the Great Western trail to the west of Winfield, but I had never heard of it before. I was wondering what it was related to.
ReplyDeleteAhh yes the Ingalton sub, I remember practicing on the Ingalton sub when I was in Engineer school in 1979.
ReplyDeleteThird railroad to cross Wayne Township, the Chicago, Great
ReplyDeleteWestern was built in 1886 and 1887. Milk stands were erected at cross
roads — one on Wayne Township was named Kline — and a depot was
built on property donated by Theodore Schramer. It was named Ingalton,
probably by the railroad's chief engineer who is known to have named
Gretna station farther east for his birthplace in Scotland.
The Railroad Company also erected a small stockyard and milk
stand in 1887, and on September 7, Theodore Schramer platted the vil-
lage. W. A. Starrett, a blacksmith at Wayne, moved his equipment to In-
galton and opened a shop there, and Schramer and a brother-in-law, An-
thony N. Hills, established a general store.
Summarizing the growth of the new settlement, 'Squire Adam
Glos commented in the Wheaton lllinoian of January 6, 1888:
Any thoughtful person must realize that the day is coming
when those living with a couple of hours' ride of Chicago
will see small villages spread out, as they are in the Eastern
states, within a stone's throw of each other.
A post office was established in the store on March 1, 1888, with
Hills serving as postmaster. When Hills withdrew from the partnership
on June 27, 1892, Theodore Schramer was appointed. On December 13,
1913, Nicholas Schramer was made postmaster, and he served until the
office was discontinued, December 31, 1934. During the terms of Theo-
dore and Nicholas Schramer, Miss Suzanne Schramer served as assistant
in the store and post office. The store was closed about one year after the
post office.
The blacksmith shop changed hands several times before it was
closed about the turn of the century. One of the last blacksmiths was Dom-
inick Reuter. About 1895 a wire factory was started by Chester A. Hodge,
a native of Iowa. It employed five or six men and was located on the north
side of the railroad, west of the depot. This business was closed within a
few years. The station, which was erected in 1887, is still operated. A large
number of agents have served there over the years; among them are John
W. Wells, John L. Sullivan, and John M. Schramer.