[CBQ] Stock Traffic, Clyde/Morton Park Yard and the IHB Congress Park Interchange

["'Charlie Vlk' cvlk@comcast.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

A thread over on the Steam Era Freight Car List is discussing stock traffic through Chicago.

 

Does anyone know answers to the following:

 

A.       When did Western Avenue cease being a termination point (main yard) for the CB&Q in Chicago?

B.       Did Morton Park /Clyde function as the main yard when it was first built?

C.      The CB&Q had a line paralleling the Panhandle down to “Stock Yard Junction”.   I presume the stock was pulled off trains terminating at Western Avenue and transferred directly to the Chicago Stock Yards.   Has anyone looked into this?

D.      When Morton Park/Clyde became the main yard did ALL the stock traffic get handed over to the IHB at Congress Park or just the cars going further East?

 

Charlie Vlk

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Posted by: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>

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