Tom Burke Collection_Kimbell Candy_mrha_dunningline_Belmont Avenue_Chicago_09_1980_#1
In September of 1980 the Milwaukee Road did a photographic survey of its Chicago Terminal lines as part of an assessment of which ones to abandon and which ones to keep. The lines that they inspected and documented were the Chicago & Evanston (C&E), the Deering Line, and the Dunning Line.
The photos, diagrams, memos, and more were rescued by the Milwaukee Road Historical Association (MRHA) in the early 2000s from the former Milwaukee Road Galewood freight yard office which was going to be demolished for a new residential development. The developer gave access to the MRHA to retrieve the priceless historical documents and photos some of which have appeared in various articles of mine in The Milwaukee Railroader, the Chicago Switching website, and on Flickr.
This sequence focuses on the Dunning Line of the Milwaukee Road which extended some three miles from a connection with the Milwaukee Road Chicago & Pacific (C&P) mainline south of Grand Avenue to the sanitarium and later, mental hospital, north of Irving Park Road. The Dunning Line served a number of customers along its 3 mile length including clay pits that gave the shopping center the Brickyard its name as well as the Radio Flyer wagon factory.
It was gradually cut back in stages and the last mile was formerly abandoned by CP Rail in 2015 and the tracks soon taken up.
www.stb.gov/filings/all.nsf/ba7f93537688b8e5852573210004b...
The two photos of Kimbell Candy shown in this series were used in the 2012 Arcadia Press book "Chicago's Sweet Candy History" by Leslie Goddard.
For more information about the Dunning Line including track diagrams, aerial photos, and a detailed history refer to the chapter in my book The Milwaukee Road in Chicago which is back in print by the Milwaukee Road Historical Association. Copies are available at www.mrha.com. I make no money on my publications for the MRHA which are a labor of love.
Tom Burke Collection_Kimbell Candy_mrha_dunningline_Belmont Avenue_Chicago_09_1980_#1
In September of 1980 the Milwaukee Road did a photographic survey of its Chicago Terminal lines as part of an assessment of which ones to abandon and which ones to keep. The lines that they inspected and documented were the Chicago & Evanston (C&E), the Deering Line, and the Dunning Line.
The photos, diagrams, memos, and more were rescued by the Milwaukee Road Historical Association (MRHA) in the early 2000s from the former Milwaukee Road Galewood freight yard office which was going to be demolished for a new residential development. The developer gave access to the MRHA to retrieve the priceless historical documents and photos some of which have appeared in various articles of mine in The Milwaukee Railroader, the Chicago Switching website, and on Flickr.
This sequence focuses on the Dunning Line of the Milwaukee Road which extended some three miles from a connection with the Milwaukee Road Chicago & Pacific (C&P) mainline south of Grand Avenue to the sanitarium and later, mental hospital, north of Irving Park Road. The Dunning Line served a number of customers along its 3 mile length including clay pits that gave the shopping center the Brickyard its name as well as the Radio Flyer wagon factory.
It was gradually cut back in stages and the last mile was formerly abandoned by CP Rail in 2015 and the tracks soon taken up.
www.stb.gov/filings/all.nsf/ba7f93537688b8e5852573210004b...
The two photos of Kimbell Candy shown in this series were used in the 2012 Arcadia Press book "Chicago's Sweet Candy History" by Leslie Goddard.
For more information about the Dunning Line including track diagrams, aerial photos, and a detailed history refer to the chapter in my book The Milwaukee Road in Chicago which is back in print by the Milwaukee Road Historical Association. Copies are available at www.mrha.com. I make no money on my publications for the MRHA which are a labor of love.