Pielet Brothers scrapyard
McCook, Illinois
1977
Photo by Mark Llanuza
CNW SD-50 Stack train wreck Kenton Ave Chicago IL Aug 1991 , by Mark LLanuza Via Flickr: “It’s September 1991 C&NW Police stand by to protect eastbound double stack that was sent down the wrong track and it didn't clear the BRC bridge at Kenton Ave and cut off the tops of many stack trailers.”
Photo by Mark Llanuza
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“It was 30 years ago today that this infamous event took place; the ship collided with the B&O bascule bridge over the Calumet River, which for some reason was not in the fully open position. The results speak for themselves. Must have made one hell of a noise.”
See the link to the legal proceedings in the historicbridges.com site for all the details of the incident:
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From The Trolley Dodger blog: “Trolley scrapping: except for a few stragglers, nearly all red cars were scrapped by the CTA after being taken out of regular service on May 30, 1954. On November 6, 1954, we see Big Pullmans 248 and 585 at right, and one of the cars at left is 604 in this scene at South Shops.”
Photo by Robert Selle (Wien-Criss Archive)
Caption: “Illinois Central SD70 1003 waits at 16th Street crossing in Chicago in January 2000; the gutted building in the background is the former Meadow Gold Butter building, about to become new condos.”
Photo by Art Gross
Source: Flickr / arthurbig
Grand Trunk Western steam locomotive 5629 (or, what was left of it)
Burr Oak Yard
Blue Island, Illinois
August 2, 1987
Photo by Tom Golden
Caption: “Richard Jensen, a bread salesman from Wisconsin, acquired his first steam locomotive, GTW 5629, in 1959 and refurbished it for use in steam fan trips based out of Chicago in the 1960s. Jensen would acquire several other steam locomotives including CB&Q 5632 and 4963 for other excursions. After several cancelled trips in the early 1970s, GTW 5629 sat at the Rock Island's Burr Oak Yard, which became owned by Metra after the Rock's demise. After several failed attempts to move the locomotive off of their property, Metra ended up scrapping the unit on site as seen in this photo.”
A variety of freight and commuter trains passing DeVal Tower in Des Plaines, Illinois before it was torn down in 2012:
June 1978: Soo F7A 213A leads train #6 past Deval tower and across the C&NW northwest line. #6 was a run-through train to the Belt Railway of Chicago at Clearing yard. Photo by Lou Gerard
November 1979: The crew of SOO's Grayslake Turn had to dog catch 746 East, and brings it and the GLT's geep and caboose across Deval under the control of Engineer Ron Kaminen. Photo by Lou Gerard
1982: Southbound SOO LINE at Deval tower crossing the CNW Harvard sub. Photo by Mark Llanuza
June 18, 1993: #44 with WC 6507, WC 6504 crossing Deval interlocking. Photo by Eric
1995: It’s early morning with southbound WC train passing Deval tower. Photo by Lou Gerard
August 14, 2008: GTW GP38-2 6228 leads an mty inspection train at Deval Tower Des Plaines, IL Running under symbol R98081-14, this little train covered the entire EJ&E main line from Gary to Leithton for FRA, EJ&E and CN officials. The dignitaries got off at Leithton and the mty cars are heading back to Markham Yard. Photo by Ray Weart
2010: Metra North Central train crosses the U.P. Harvard sub at Deval tower. Photo by Mark Llanuza
October 10, 2010: A nice matched pair of Illinois Central deathstars passes Deval Tower on the WC. Photo by Kevin W. Vahey
November 26, 2012: As a North Central Service train passes, Deval Tower falls to the wreckers. Photo by Lou Gerard
November 26, 2012: The old former CNW Deval tower saw its last days this morning that has been here for almost 100 years. Photo by Mark Llanuza
From the Connecting the Windy City blog:
April 22, 1971 – The Chicago Tribune learns that the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad’s passenger trains will be moved to Union Station, making it certain that the Dearborn Street station will be closed. Signs are already posted at Dearborn station, notifying passengers that service will be discontinued on April 30. The passenger operations of the the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe have been taken over by Amtrak and one of the government agency’s principal goals is to consolidate terminals in Chicago since they eat so much of the operating costs of passenger trains. Chicago’s commuter trains will maintain their present distribution across several stations on the periphery of downtown. Consolidation of these trains would add as much as 30 minutes to some routes, defeating the purpose of paying for a 30-minute train ride from the suburbs to the city. The photo above shows the 1976 demolition of the train sheds that lay south of the station.
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CNW Depot Demolition 1984 by CR Dspr
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MILW PRIEST RAPIDS Observation by Chuck Zeiler on Flickr.
Top: "Milwaukee Road Skytop observation 189 named PRIEST RAPIDS departing Union Station in Chicago, Illinois on the Morning Hiawatha on an unknown day in November 1963." Kodachrome by William J. Brennan; Chuck Zeiler collection.
Bottom: "This car was soaked in oil and then burned by the Milwaukee shop forces during spring 1970."
Industrial Maintenance Service
Hammond, Indiana
1973
Photo by Sam Carlson
Burlington Northern derailment
Hillsdale, Illinois
April 1977
Photo by John Dziobko
CSX - South Chicago by d.w.davidson on Flickr.
Caption: "The Cyprus-flagged vessel Pontokratis struck the B&O Calumet River Bridge causing $14 million in property damages to the ship and bridge. CSX was found to be at fault because the bridge was not in the fully upright position." Photos by D.W. Davidson
The CTA burned old streetcars on their property at 78th Street and Vincennes Avenue on Jan. 14, 1949. Some of the streetcars were 40 years old. — Chicago Tribune historical photo
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19640125 CNS&M Rondout, IL by davidwilson1949 on Flickr.
Caption: "The cars were scrapped at Rondout, at the interchange with the EJ&E Railroad." Rondout, Illinois January 25, 1964 Photo by David Wilson
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When the North Shore Line shut down, many of its cars were taken to the interchange track at Rondout (that led to the EJ&E tracks near Rondout Tower) and set on fire to destroy them.
Today you can hike or bicycle down this incline from the North Shore Bike Path above to the trail that leads to the Middlefork Savanna forest preserve.
Rondout, Illinois
Photos by George Kantola
1964