Re: [CBQ] Yards inwest Chicago

[roy wojahn <zuch2rew@yahoo.com>]

I don't have the map handy, but west-northwest from Union Station is the Western Ave. yards of the old Milwaukee Road.  It is now used for commuter equipment during mid-day.

--- On Wed, 9/26/12, bdurham260 <bdurham260@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: bdurham260 <bdurham260@yahoo.com>
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Have some fun... from 1929
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 6:48 PM

 

Who does the huge rail yard belong to on the western side?

Brian Durham

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Stephen Levine <sjl_prodigynet@...> wrote:
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> The Burlington is south of the bottom edge of the map.  You can see the trackage leading to the south side of Union Station, though.
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> --- On Wed, 9/26/12, Bob Webber <rgz17@...> wrote:
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> From: Bob Webber <rgz17@...>
> Subject: [CBQ] Have some fun... from 1929
> To: "CBQ@yahoogroups.com" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 9:48 AM
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>  
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> Take a look at the map here:
> http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/lib/public/full_screen.html?http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/maps/chigov/G3700-s24-G4-IL-Chicago-Loop-1929/
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> and have fun locating the current (or later than 1929) CB&Q.
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> The place has a lot of digitalized maps, and some are more related than others:
> http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/maps/chigov/
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> (other railroad maps of other Chicago areas:
> http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/maps/chigov/G3700-s24-G4-IL-index1.html
> )
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> Bob Webber
>

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