I use the word "segments" in the title because Cummings was a branch of the Pennsy's Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago RR, whereas Calumet Western and Calumet River were railroads. Pennsy owned the Calumet River and Pennsy, along with Rock Island and IHB, owned the Calumet Western. Today, IHB operates the Calumet River and the Calumet Western remnant south of the river. CRL operates the Calumet Western remnant north of the river. (Update: "Per a book titled 'The Pennsy in Chicago' [by Ed DeRouin] Calumet Western Ry. was jointly owned by four companies--- MC, CJ, PRR and CRI&P. Later the IHB absorbed the MC and CJ making them majority owner." [ghemr comment on Trainorders] (IHB, Michigan Central and Chicago Junction were all NYC interests.))
This 1916 map provides an overview. The Calumet Western joined with the Cummings Branch, as well as the Rock Island Irondale Branch and the CWP&S at 106th Street. [Bob Lalich comment on Flickr]
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| 1916, also chi_term_1916.jpg in Files section of the Chicago Area Railroad Historians Group |
And this topo map provides the details. By 1930 all of Pennsy's properties were labeled Pennsylvania.
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| 1930 Calumet Lake Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 |
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| Chuck Sperlak posted I'm not sure where I acquired this map but the Calumet Western Ry., with its few miles of main and yard tracks was important to the southeast side. A 10 million-bushel grain elevator was located on the line but was served by the C&NW. The CW was jointly owned by IHB (50%), PRR (25%) and Rock Island (25%). Although they had their own bridge to cross the Calumet River, I believe the bridge got damaged many years ago and was too costly to rebuild. Instead, they realigned their right of way to use the C&WI bridge which itself no longer supports rail traffic. Seth Lakin: Likely taken from the 1911 New York Central “Green Book” which was annual reports for all the NYC controlled roads. The Calumet & Western is on page 661. https://www.canadasouthern.com/.../green-book-1911.pdf Seth Lakin: And a cleaner scan of map https://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/images/map-1911-cw.pdf Andre Kristopans: CNW had a loco at 118th St for many years Glen Koshiol: That grain elevator was Cargill serve by CNW/IRONDALE YD. Used to deliver there from the north end at 112th St. And the IHB delivery was from the south end over the CWI lift bridge. There were later one or two more elevators there, possibly ADM. Bob Lalich: The Cargill elevator was originally built and owned by CNW, c1918. It was severely damaged by explosions shortly after it was put into service, and was rebuilt in 1921. Another elevator just north of the Cargill elevator was built by Central Soya in 1956. It is still in operation under a different company. |
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| Comments on Chuck's post |
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| Chuck commented on Andre's comment |
I include this railfan photo because the comments on the post provided a lot of information about the Calumet Western.
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| Mark Losiniecki posted Marty Gatton: A bunch of info in the comments under this link |
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| Comments on Mark's post |
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| Bob's trackchart |
Not only do the baseball fields still exist, but this segment of track still exists to provide rail service to WATCO/Kinder Morgan Chicago Terminal. A satellite image shows a gondola car parked by a building. The remnant to the West near the upper-left corner is from the route that was built to use the C&WI bridge after a ship destroyed the CW bridge in 1962. [DeBruler]
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| Satellite |
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| Bob Lalich commented on Mark's post Here is a track chart for the Calumet Western Ry. from 1954. |
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| 1 of 5 posted by Larry Candilas concerning their swing bridge over the Calumet River. Randy Bosma: Note the "C&O Ry, of Ind." from/to Hammond. That's also known as the Hammond Belt Line RR. Very short lived; it was gone by the mid-1920s. [There are some comments about the SC&S as well.] |
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| Some comments on a post of the 1916 map. |
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