tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post9044921859653228620..comments2024-03-28T06:13:59.923-05:00Comments on Industrial History: C&NW's Wood Street Yard --- the Potato YardDennis DeBrulerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13992361354510209661noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-36985720828163899642022-06-22T11:14:48.618-05:002022-06-22T11:14:48.618-05:00WELL IN THE 80'S WORKED AS CONDUCTOR FOR '...WELL IN THE 80'S WORKED AS CONDUCTOR FOR 'CNW' AT GLOBAL1 WHERE WEPUT VARIOUS STACKS TOGETHER AND ON ACCASION TOOK PARTS OF THEM TO PROVISI USUALL AT COUNTY LINE RD WHER WE YARDED TRAIN THEN RAN AROUND TRAIN TO TAKE MORE STACKS TO GLOBAL 1 SO YES VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS OPERATION -- CONFUSED WHY UP SHUT THAT OPERATION DOWN ?? IS THERE ANY ACTIVITY GOING ON THER AT THIS TIME ?? THANKS <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-88991561119735388132022-06-21T14:38:31.316-05:002022-06-21T14:38:31.316-05:00Chicago Produce Terminal was jointly owned/switche...Chicago Produce Terminal was jointly owned/switched by ATSF and IC. It is now all part of intermodal yard along Stevenson expressway that was once IC but I believe is now UP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-6311508488172928392019-02-13T07:10:18.483-06:002019-02-13T07:10:18.483-06:00My notes on the Chicago Produce Terminal: https...My notes on the Chicago Produce Terminal: https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2015/08/chicago-produce-terminal.html<br /><br />Illinois Central's west line also directly served it. A lot of bananas used to be sold there.<br /><br />Santa Fe also had a "Grape Yard" next to their passenger yard: https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2015/03/santa-fes-chicago-passenger-train-yard.htmlDennis DeBrulerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13992361354510209661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-80478822969723456732019-02-01T18:08:20.148-06:002019-02-01T18:08:20.148-06:00Ya, the concrete was there because trucks would dr...Ya, the concrete was there because trucks would drive right up to the spud cars and transfer produce right into the trucks. It was just a glorified team track, truth be told. There were more potato brokers at Wood St. than you could shake a stick at! I remember in the old yard office/admin. bldg. in the west end of bldg. there was a chalk board with the track numbers painted on the board. When CNW built the new building in 1950s the brokers moved into the a fresh, clean space with little cubicle offices where they conducted business. Eventually that business dried up for what ever reason. Not sure why. Probably trucks became the dominant form of transport for produce. There was a Chicago Produce Terminal - I think it was on the Santa Fe but not sure - and we would occasionally deliver reefers there. Pull over Ash Street with a few reefers then back down into the CPT as it was known..different from the Chicago Passenger Terminal on the CNW.uhlijohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056766711577065652noreply@blogger.com