IC 67th Street Tower

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Mark Llanuza posted five photos with the comment: "Its the year 2006 at 67th st tower it was really hanging around this place."

1, Vince Shelton I miss the old Highliners

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Ron Wesolowski Machine from 51st Tower
Ron Wesolowski CTC box on right was the IC freight between 64th and 18th

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Aaron Sims what tracks are covered up?Ron Wesolowski The IC freight mains by 2006 the IC had cut over new CTC and controlled their side of 67th from Homewood Dispatcher Desk1

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Marshall Beecher Eric Penson! Now a CUS DIST engineer!
Ron Wesolowski Marshall did you know He was the only Metra Train Dispatcher to go running ... until me lol
Craig Willett Paul Angarone, who worked the Heritage Corridor, was a Milwaukee Road dispatcher before becoming a Metra engineer.
Marshall Beecher So did Bobby Peacock

Mark Llanuza posted
The year 2008 IC 67th tower

Mark Llanuza posted
The year 2008 IC 67th tower

Mark Llanuza posted
Its the year 2007 with IC MED going past the IC 67th tower.

William Shapotkin posted two photos with the comment:

For many years, 67th St Tower controlled the junction of the IC (Metra) Electric Mainline and South Chicago Branch. Additionally, there were xovers on the IC (non-electric) mainline as well. The 1903 photo shows the tower when it was located on the EAST side of the ROW. The present tower (no longer in service) is located on the west side of the ROW.

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Dennis DeBruler commented on William's posting
I see there are some puzzle (double-slip) switches to the north, https://www.google.com/.../@41.77709,-87.../data=!3m1!1e3

Dennis DeBruler commented on William's posting
It just occurred to me that the centenary would have to be interesting above those switches. One of the better peeks I could find using Street View, https://www.google.com/.../data=!3m6!1e1!3m4...

2020 Update:

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I've seen flyover junctions before. I just discovered that the South Chicago Branch is a "flyunder."

Joseph Tuch Santucci posted
Looking northward at 67th Street in 2011 we see a train out of South Chicago coming out of the tunnel exiting the South Chicago District and entering the main line and track three. The train up ahead on on main track four will connect with the South Chicago train at 59th Street dropping passengers for the stops in between 59th and 18th Streets. My vantage point here is CN (former IC) main track two. We have a diverging clear and will be crossing from main one over to main two. In the days when the IC and ICG still owned the Metra Electric line, the two IC freight mains here were tracks five and six. There were also two tracks to the right of today's CN mains known as seven and eight. In the latter ICG and then IC days, they were shortened and eventually removed. At the end, seven extended as far as and tied into 67th Street before eventually being shortened and cut into main track two at 79th Street. After ICG sold the Electric District to Metra in 1987, mains five and six were redesignated mains one and two.