La Grange had several things going on the North side.
A team track. A spur to Lord Lumber and a spur to the National Guard Building.
The National Guard building would look like a freight house. What would a kid know.
We were playing around a tank parked out side the NG and I cranked he turret around and
busted out a window. OOps...
I never knew about a freight house as such.. Except the REA.
I was in 8th grade then... Tom Hammer
February 27, 2017
Leo - I do have one attached/inserted image that barely shows one of the freight house sidings at LaGrange:
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The image dated September 1954 shows a beautifully painted and polished exhibition locomotive No. 35 with its H&StJ mail car placed for public display. Perhaps, you or another reader can tell us the exact location between LaGrange Road and Stone Avenue.
No. 35 is right alongside the main(s) and not roped off to keep the public off the high speed right-of-way. It would be very different today..... Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
Tom, Leo -
Check CERA Bulletin #138 for photos of Chicago & West Towns Railways at LaGrange Rd and Stone Ave. terminal.
Bob