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General Discussion / Re: Possible newly discovered photo of Wrigley Field area
« Last post by JohnColeman on February 07, 2021, 05:55:03 PM »Great picture. A lot going on in it. Thanks for posting!
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General Discussion / Re: Possible newly discovered photo of Wrigley Field area
« Last post by TBurke on February 04, 2021, 07:57:00 PM »In doing some searches, I came across this article with a nice 1950s era photo looking north across Clark towards Wrigley Field. I searched the forums here and did not see a reference to it, so hopefully something new:
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/11/25/18109222/wrigley-field-historical-sleuthing-1950s-mystery
Regards,
Ethan
I have not seen that photo posted before. Nice find.
It looks like a white '55 Packard Clipper on the left. Streetcar service ended in 1958 so that would place this scene between late '54 when that model of Packard would have come out and 1958.
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General Discussion / Re: Southside Switching?
« Last post by TBurke on February 04, 2021, 07:52:37 PM »Hello all, hope everyone is staying safe.
Just wondering if there is any update on a southside switching section to the website?
I remember it being discussed a couple years back.
Not that I have seen. Webmaster Tom Mann has the site in maintenance mode for the most part nowadays.
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Modeling / HO scale modeling notes - Griswold crossing signals, MILW Thrall caboose
« Last post by Ethan on February 01, 2021, 03:17:33 PM »I'm in a "deep" research phase right now, in part seeking out suitable models. A couple things of note that I've come across lately:
Griswold crossing signals
Milwaukee Road Thrall cabooses
I have no stake in any of the companies above, but was happy to find these very specific models.
Next up: finding suitable 1970s era CCLX corn syrup tank cars. No easy feat - so far Tangent seems to have something close, but not exact.
Best,
Ethan
Griswold crossing signals
- NJ International Griswold style crossing signals #1096 (may have to search online to find one to buy):
https://njisignals.com/collections/ho-scale-crossings/products/1096-griswold-crossing-signal-1 - Mark's Model Railservices Griswold style crossing signals, with and without rotating stop sign (currently sold out as of April 2020, but there is hope):
http://www.marksmodelrailservices.com/page4.html
In action, really cool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahtuFF8LLQ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2KHnOyjxdk
Milwaukee Road Thrall cabooses
- https://lineswestproducts.com/product-category/ho-scale-2/caboose/
- https://lineswestproducts.com/product/milwaukee-road-thrall-caboose-ho-scale-assembled-80s-era-992175/
I have no stake in any of the companies above, but was happy to find these very specific models.
Next up: finding suitable 1970s era CCLX corn syrup tank cars. No easy feat - so far Tangent seems to have something close, but not exact.
Best,
Ethan
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Modeling / Re: Lakeview Racine Fuel/Oil info?
« Last post by Ethan on February 01, 2021, 02:24:31 PM »Thanks Chuck, great suggestion.
I had looked at the options and unfortunately the granularity of the photos ain't great, which is of course not too surprising. It is better than nothing, but most detail is had to discern.
Best,
Ethan
I had looked at the options and unfortunately the granularity of the photos ain't great, which is of course not too surprising. It is better than nothing, but most detail is had to discern.
Best,
Ethan
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General Discussion / Possible newly discovered photo of Wrigley Field area
« Last post by Ethan on February 01, 2021, 02:22:57 PM »In doing some searches, I came across this article with a nice 1950s era photo looking north across Clark towards Wrigley Field. I searched the forums here and did not see a reference to it, so hopefully something new:
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/11/25/18109222/wrigley-field-historical-sleuthing-1950s-mystery
Regards,
Ethan
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/11/25/18109222/wrigley-field-historical-sleuthing-1950s-mystery
Regards,
Ethan
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General Discussion / Southside Switching?
« Last post by chuck on January 28, 2021, 04:52:41 PM »Hello all, hope everyone is staying safe.
Just wondering if there is any update on a southside switching section to the website?
I remember it being discussed a couple years back.
Just wondering if there is any update on a southside switching section to the website?
I remember it being discussed a couple years back.
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Modeling / Re: Lakeview Racine Fuel/Oil info?
« Last post by chuck on January 28, 2021, 04:43:50 PM »Give Historic Aerials a try
https://www.historicaerials.com/viewer
https://www.historicaerials.com/viewer
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Modeling / Lakeview Racine Fuel/Oil info?
« Last post by Ethan on January 21, 2021, 10:33:52 PM »I've gone through pretty much everything I can find on here and elsewhere and find very little info on Racine Fuel/Oil that existed into the 1970s (at least?) at Roscoe and Racine. Once served of course by the Milwaukee Road.
I lived in the area but have 0 memories of this, likely because it was not at all interesting to me back then. Growing up, we rode our bikes all over Lakeview in the 70s and 80s.
Does anybody have any kind of info on this? Photos especially, but even aerial views would be great. ArcGIS, for $100/year, has the possibility of some aerial views from the 70s, but that's a steep price. Even marketing material or similar would be interesting. Best I've found are some Racine Fuel ad listings in the 50s in Chicago Police Association publications.
Thanks,
Ethan
I lived in the area but have 0 memories of this, likely because it was not at all interesting to me back then. Growing up, we rode our bikes all over Lakeview in the 70s and 80s.
Does anybody have any kind of info on this? Photos especially, but even aerial views would be great. ArcGIS, for $100/year, has the possibility of some aerial views from the 70s, but that's a steep price. Even marketing material or similar would be interesting. Best I've found are some Racine Fuel ad listings in the 50s in Chicago Police Association publications.
Thanks,
Ethan
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General Discussion / Re: Introduce Yourself!
« Last post by TBurke on January 20, 2021, 05:12:27 PM »Welcome!
16" softball does mark you as a Chicagoan.
This board used to be more active a few years ago but with local switching operations now vanished on Chicago's North Side there is less new material for discussions.
16" softball does mark you as a Chicagoan.
This board used to be more active a few years ago but with local switching operations now vanished on Chicago's North Side there is less new material for discussions.