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Charlie: Can't help you with questions A&B. As for C I refer you to Overton's CB&Q history book. In essence the Q caused the Chicago Union Stock Yards to be built. The line from Western Ave. to the Yards was (and may still be) the Chicago Junction (the CJ) and is being still used. It was owned by the Stock Yards Company for all Chicago railroads to have access to the Yards. By agreement the CJ was operated by the Michigan Central/NYC/PC/CR/CSX. Not sure about CSX. D. Not sure if that is true. After the development of the "direct delivery" concept to speed up traffic flow through the Chicago terminal complex in the early 1960's I know that livestock for the GTW was delivered direct from the Q at Cicero to GTW's Elsdon Yard. I also remember that the Clyde stockyards were used for "Feed, Water, and Rest" in emergency situations. Just prior to the BN merger I was involved in a potential move of stock from Q origins to a Michigan feed lot using Clyde as a reload from car to truck as the eastern lines were not interested in the traffic. On Monday, October 12, 2015 11:31 PM, "'Charlie Vlk' cvlk@comcast.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote: 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 __._,_.___ Posted by: "fhc925@frontier.com" <fhc925@frontier.com> __,_._,___ |