tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.comments2024-03-19T08:26:16.901-05:00Industrial HistoryDennis DeBrulerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13992361354510209661noreply@blogger.comBlogger1596125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-63164231117399634732024-03-19T08:26:16.901-05:002024-03-19T08:26:16.901-05:00My grandfather worked nights on the rip track at G...My grandfather worked nights on the rip track at Galewood during those years. You might have crossed paths with him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-49365385609849915462024-03-19T05:02:39.588-05:002024-03-19T05:02:39.588-05:00PowerPoint assignment help<a href="https://www.thetutorshelp.com/power-point-assignment-help.php<br />" rel="nofollow">PowerPoint assignment help</a><br />onlineAssignmenthelphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05758402112519868389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-84483669489901102092024-03-19T04:35:41.863-05:002024-03-19T04:35:41.863-05:00Thankyou for providing such a great information
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He had terminal colon cancer and I was wondering if it could have been related to working conditions or hazards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-7787416944380661422024-03-18T01:43:43.634-05:002024-03-18T01:43:43.634-05:0055 +/- years ago, I was introduced to that place ...<br />55 +/- years ago, I was introduced to that place when I was in 3rd or 4th grade by some kids from Washington school. I remember seeing downtown Chicago from the top. Later I was with kid who painted "VOTE FOR g o p" on white tanks, his dad was a republican. Same guy and a crew collected any wood they could carry for a few days and piled it up on a few floors, then on friday nite they set it on fire. Firemen could only watch. Then 2 or 3 years later on red ctr building, my "gang" painted the "Alice Cooper eye' s" looking at the sunrise. 1 or 2 yrs later same guys on white tanks thew M80's out windows at end of road, to draw the law. 2 cars came and shined there spotlights up. A flanel shirt/blue jeaned & rag stuffed dummy was tossed out window at the end of the tanks, while a guy's scream-faded away, It landed smack dab on the hood. Then a few more cars showed up. They shinned the lights up for a looong time before they left. Then we split up and went home, other 2 guys went to police station to get drink on way home when two cops enter and one officer says "I just about crapped in his pants when that body hit the hood." I grew up and left town, I was told, 3 or 4 years later a kid fell down into a white tank 1/2 filled with rotten grain and survived. A volunteer fireman went down on a rope to get him and that rope broke, and the guy died, but kid was still OK. After that that they bricked up the first 2or 3 stories opening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-33315397810848422012024-03-18T00:12:41.095-05:002024-03-18T00:12:41.095-05:00McCormick's innovation in concrete paving laid...McCormick's innovation in concrete paving laid the foundation for modern infrastructure, showcasing ingenuity and perseverance in construction methods before the advent of ready-mix trucks. <a href="https://www.parkwaypaving.com/parking-lot-paving/" rel="nofollow">Parkway Paving LLC</a><br />Parkway Paving LLChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921680482354871715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-53338848176678624772024-03-15T19:47:07.031-05:002024-03-15T19:47:07.031-05:00Steve, was there a Kropp location somewhere on the...Steve, was there a Kropp location somewhere on the west side? Would be an easy/west street, doing side of the street. Division? Augusta? Grand? Somewhere in that area?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-23122135078500415122024-03-09T23:04:04.652-06:002024-03-09T23:04:04.652-06:00345kv and 765kv. 345kv and 765kv. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-46553317561571909822024-03-07T18:23:42.882-06:002024-03-07T18:23:42.882-06:00The article says traffic was embargoed west of Chi...The article says traffic was embargoed west of Chicago Heights in 1972. However, I remember seeing a short train tie up at the White Hen in Matteson for lunch in 1976 while I was working atop the embankment for the ICG railroad. I don't think the line lasted much longer before it was scrapped.Rick Powellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-75978696618519986522024-03-04T22:46:57.772-06:002024-03-04T22:46:57.772-06:00It's still there! Saw it today.It's still there! Saw it today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-86799571218305677582024-03-04T16:26:22.092-06:002024-03-04T16:26:22.092-06:00I don't understand how Watco is seemingly doin...I don't understand how Watco is seemingly doing nothing to make improvements on the Spencer to Medford branch as there were still customers on that line, but Watco shut it down instead of attempting to do some repairs on the line. This will do nothing to get new business with the line out of service. They could easily pick up more customers on that line if they were to show a commitment to service. The other lines that are out of service currently in Northern Wisconsin are just that...out of service with 0 customers. This line is 30 miles in length. They could certainly get grants from the State of Wisconsin if they would at least try! Or, if they don't want the line, sell it to the State of Wisconsin! They would rehabilitate the line and put it back into service just like they were doing with the lines that Watco purchased a while ago which is the Wisconsin and Southern which leases from the state the lines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-43104439505648148282024-03-04T02:51:23.427-06:002024-03-04T02:51:23.427-06:00Sorry, forgot to say I worked in the Customer Serv...Sorry, forgot to say I worked in the Customer Service Department.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-53960838214069207622024-03-04T02:49:34.416-06:002024-03-04T02:49:34.416-06:00I worked at Verson Dallas from 1975-1986. Left af...I worked at Verson Dallas from 1975-1986. Left after they sold to Allied and were going to shut down the Dallas plant. Was my first secretarial job at 18 y/o. Actually, got a much better, higher paying job as assistant to a department chair at Baylor College of Dentistry. Worked there for over 25-1/2 years. Things I learned at Verson helped in many aspects of the job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-6205089399945831142024-03-03T21:04:28.655-06:002024-03-03T21:04:28.655-06:00any idea of the locomotive that operated on the op...any idea of the locomotive that operated on the open hearth floor (1970?) shuttled the laddles down the floor with molten iron from the mixer to feed the eight furnances that were running heats. Union RR brought the iron ore up from the blast furnances. manufacturer or type... I ran the engine til the open hearth closed when they converted to BOF continous was also remotely operated Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-43743527063421351492024-03-02T02:51:22.026-06:002024-03-02T02:51:22.026-06:00Makes you wonder if people canoe through there.Makes you wonder if people canoe through there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-9263715071183637462024-02-27T00:22:00.014-06:002024-02-27T00:22:00.014-06:00Before ready mix trucks, concrete paving was an ar...Before ready mix trucks, concrete paving was an arduous task, reliant on manual labor. McCormick's innovation revolutionized construction, ensuring efficiency and durability. Progress reshapes industries.<a href="https://www.parkwaypaving.com/parking-lot-paving/" rel="nofollow">Parkway Paving LLC</a>Parkway Paving LLChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13843845482134150735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-25009133552403226322024-02-26T21:33:08.209-06:002024-02-26T21:33:08.209-06:00"I'm the anonymous guy above" too. C..."I'm the anonymous guy above" too. Common name, I guess. I'm Sammy D III but I am in a world of computer hurt and can't seem to sign in.<br /><br />John Kunzie meant something to Trains magazine: https://www.trains.com/mrr/news-reviews/news/john-kunzie-founder-of-johns-lab-dies-at-87/ He was losing money on two Baldwin Shark-noses around 1977 (half way down): https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,3625578 <br /><br />The current owner of the farm dates to 2008, I don't know if it was her family farm before that. Do the Hills themselves say Northwestern? I would think the owner would know. Maybe not care, but they'd know what it wasn't. I'm not social enough to ask them and from their site I don't know if they'd try to get me high or shoot me.<br /><br />On Historic Aerials 1999 is a sure bet. That white spot in 1988 is in the right place... I think 1980 may be a tree or ground feature.<br /><br />Where do you think that picture from Stephie Kolata was taken? Doesn't look like any place on the ROW that I can see. There is a name or address on the building left center but I can't quite read it. The building itself looks pretty good but I couldn't see it anywhere. Maybe it was inside the Hawthorne plant? Maybe IRM?<br /><br />Donated to IRM then they dumped it sounds good to me.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-66616261886848820782024-02-26T18:10:59.098-06:002024-02-26T18:10:59.098-06:00Sorry, Studebaker Plant, not Packard!!Sorry, Studebaker Plant, not Packard!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-20222379695820549282024-02-26T18:09:21.822-06:002024-02-26T18:09:21.822-06:00My Grandfather worked at the Packard engine plant ...My Grandfather worked at the Packard engine plant in WW2 and was involved in a sting operation to catch 2 German spies working in the plant. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-15136163863646152112024-02-26T02:16:57.082-06:002024-02-26T02:16:57.082-06:00The first plant was built in 1922 and was north of...The first plant was built in 1922 and was north of 125th Street. I'm not sure, but trying to line up the aerials, it looks like none of this plant left in existence; it looks like there are other buildings present at this old site, now, but I'm not sure if they were part of the original plant. There was also a Calumet Sewage Pumping Station to the west that served it. It's located on South Michigan Avenue between 124th Place and 125th Place, and still in existence, though, I think it went out of regular service after the construction of the new plant.<br /><br />The original part of the existing complex was then completed in 1936 directly south of 126th Avenue, and is still in existence, though expanded. This site consolidated the pumping station (called Calumet PLANT Pumping Station) and treatment works on the same site. I think the Calumet SEWAGE Pumping Station across the tracks on Michigan is used for back-up during wet weather or something, because it's still standing and maintained.<br /><br />If someone can find some old maps of this area between 1922 and now, that would help a bit more to visualize this. But I think you may have all three sites pictured here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-22033665956279959492024-02-25T19:34:26.712-06:002024-02-25T19:34:26.712-06:00Re-reading the gofundme... I guess my mind skipped...Re-reading the gofundme... I guess my mind skipped over the part where they said it was delivered to Union, Illinois first before it made its way to them. MJ donate it, and the IRM not want it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-92213903606586155762024-02-25T19:30:38.332-06:002024-02-25T19:30:38.332-06:00I'm the anonymous guy above who linked the hil...I'm the anonymous guy above who linked the hillbunker caboose pic. Nice to see that somebody else still thinks about this forgotten railway, and is also interested in where the caboose ended up! <br /><br />The only source/lead I had on crystal lake was from this page, so it could be that Jim meant ~near~ Crystal Lake. At one point I thought remembered someone commenting on a photo that they saw it stored in a yard out there though, but I can't find it, so I could be wrong. I used a historic aerial viewer website + local news to try and figure out when the caboose got to the farm. <br />MJ had the caboose as late as '77 (http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2325668). I used this website try and get a vague date on when it got to the farm (https://www.historicaerials.com/viewer) - the 1980 resolution is not great but my hunch is it might be there are early as then. It doesn't appear prior to that. <br /><br />A local news piece talked about it and said local folks used it as a changing room before swimming in the little lake on the property. (https://wwordsmith.com/2019/06/10/bees-balm-bacon-and-a-bb/). The Woodstock independent, which published the piece, later ran a correction regarding when/who brought the caboose there (Judy and John Kunzie, if those names mean anything to anybody reading). Next time I go up to Union to the IRM I'm definitely stopping by! <br /><br />From what I read on the farm's website & campaign to save it, they're under the impression it's just an old C&NW caboose. No sign or anything. I have absolutely no clue how in the world it ended up there. MJ sell it at scrap value? Fascinating story for a unique piece of kit. <br /><br />I also need to credit Doug Kaniuk's incredible resource of static railroad equipment around Chicago for the reason I found the caboose in the first place (https://www.dhke.com/rrus/static/static13114.html). Lots of gems on his list. <br /><br />One last treat - the gofundme has photos of the inside.<br />https://www.gofundme.com/f/woodstockcaboose<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-16765814388300265382024-02-24T15:27:38.154-06:002024-02-24T15:27:38.154-06:00The only picture I've seen of it in service is...The only picture I've seen of it in service is this one (also linked above): https://www.flickr.com/photos/arthurbig/49031874497/in/datetaken/ . Looks like a match to me. Look at the light color on the rear wall, comes down to just below the top of the door. Yellow steps, too. Looks like you got the good side of it.<br /><br />Do you know that it was somewhere else in Crystal Lake? Could Jim Delhaye (above) have meant "NEAR Crystal Lake"? Google Earth shows it at the farm in 1999, maybe even 1988 (the resolution isn't good). This article is from 2015, when it was already there. The farm has a Woodstock ZIP but it's not in the town. I don't know the area, though.<br /><br />You probably know that the UP/METRA used to be the "Northwestern". People up there would know that name, how many of us on the planet have heard of the MJ? Is there a sign? I wonder why it went up there to start with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-80165203407810298262024-02-24T04:06:24.138-06:002024-02-24T04:06:24.138-06:00Ah, seeing a study saying that the depth and regul...Ah, seeing a study saying that the depth and regular pool elevation (-2.0 ft CCD) is 12-16 feet. That said, still curious what the constructed height is from the bottom of the rock cut to the top of the embank walls?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577633936396294153.post-4561782511150140102024-02-23T15:10:56.710-06:002024-02-23T15:10:56.710-06:00My Mom worked there in the 40’s. She said they wou...My Mom worked there in the 40’s. She said they would trade broken chips for broken ice cream bars at Good Humor? across the street. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com