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This photo from June 22, 2009, shows the attempt by the Chicago Terminal to clear the pavement off the rails that was put there by the adjacent car wash and gas station which probably assumed the tracks were abandoned.tb_gondolas_kingsbury_062209
This photo from June 22, 2009, shows the attempt by the Chicago Terminal to clear the pavement off the rails that was put there by the adjacent car wash and gas station which probably assumed the tracks were abandoned.
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More gondolas parked at the southern end of the Chicago Terminal's tracks on the strip of land between Kingsbury and Halsted.tb_gondolas_kingsbury_062609_3
More gondolas parked at the southern end of the Chicago Terminal's
tracks on the strip of land between Kingsbury and Halsted.
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Gondolas parked on the former Peerless Confectionary spur along Lakewood Avenue. According to the petition filed by the Chicago Terminal they are leased for customers Finkl, Sipi, and General Iron Industries and due to the recession they are being stored. The switch mechanism looks badly damaged so it must have taken some work by the train crew to crowbar the switch points open enough to shove the cars down the spur. These photos date from June 22, 2009tb_gondolas_peerless_062209_1
Gondolas parked on the former Peerless Confectionary spur along Lakewood Avenue. According to the petition filed by the Chicago Terminal they are leased for customers Finkl, Sipi, and General Iron Industries and due to the recession they are being stored. The switch mechanism looks badly damaged so it must have taken some work by the train crew to crowbar the switch points open enough to shove the cars down the spur. These photos date from June 22, 2009
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This June 26, 2009, photos show a string of four gondolas which were shoved onto this stretch of track for storage. There's room for two more gondolas. The lead gondola derailed. It was apparent that the wheels on the gondolas were riding on pavement and packed dirt and not the rail heads on closer examination. The nearby 2" x 4" was probably used by the crew to re-rail the gondola.If you look closely you will see a man climbing into one of the gondolas in search of scrap metal perhaps-or maybe he was just curious.
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This June 26, 2009, photos show a string of four gondolas which
were shoved onto this stretch of track for storage. There's room
for two more gondolas. The lead gondola derailed. It was apparent
that the wheels on the gondolas were riding on pavement and packed
dirt and not the rail heads on closer examination. The nearby 2" x
4" was probably used by the crew to re-rail the gondola.
If you look closely you will see a man climbing into one of the gondolas in search of scrap metal perhaps-or maybe he was just curious.
