I've documented the remaining rail-served industries on several branches in the Chicagoland area. I'm happy to discover a branch that has too many industries to analyze in detail.
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| George M Stupar posted 1-4-2010, unknown location, MIKE STUPAR PHOTO Tom Siniawski: Sterling lumber on the right. Blue Island Tim Hager: 510 Center Job, looking west. The bridge in the distance is 127th Street in Blue Island. Tim Hager: I worked that job with Steve Wisneski a couple months ago. I couldn’t believe how many industries there are for that job. Bill Randolph: Tim Hager used to be a lot more. Chuck Mager: That location was called Wireton, back in the day. No clue what it is called today wirh all the track layout and signal changes!! Larry Langley: I'm surprised to see a caboose in this photo. Thought all of them were gone. [I noticed the caboose as well. Note the the of the date of the photo is 2010. I wonder if they still use them.] |
I start with a road map image because it is easier to see where the tracks are.
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| Road Map |
And then the satellite equivalent. It appears that some of the industries also use the Cal Sag Channel for transportation.
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| Satellite |
The Sterling Lumber Co label one the maps must be old data because it looks like it is now a liquids transloading operation.
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| Satellite |
This industrial park is a rather recent development. There was just some tank farms on this land in a 1963 topo map.
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| 1978 Blue Island Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 |
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