Switch Mechanism Lakewood Avenue South of Diversey Outside Peerless Confectionery Chicago February 2004
At some point the metal cover plate disappeared which exposed the switching mechanism used on the spur for Peerless Confectionery. Soo Line crews who were Milwaukee Road holdovers in the mid-1980s told me that they had to be careful when throwing these street switches as rats would sometimes be hiding below the metal plates.
CP Rail was still servicing Peerless by this date and on January 1 of 2007 Chicago Terminal would take over. Peerless went out of business in May of 2007 ending revenue freight service on the former Milwaukee Road C&E Line north of Clybourn. Later there would be two special movements including stuffing gondolas for storage on the former Peerless spur and a passenger excursion train.
In later years this switch mechanism would be tough to move and require a crowbar. See below.
Switch Mechanism Lakewood Avenue South of Diversey Outside Peerless Confectionery Chicago February 2004
At some point the metal cover plate disappeared which exposed the switching mechanism used on the spur for Peerless Confectionery. Soo Line crews who were Milwaukee Road holdovers in the mid-1980s told me that they had to be careful when throwing these street switches as rats would sometimes be hiding below the metal plates.
CP Rail was still servicing Peerless by this date and on January 1 of 2007 Chicago Terminal would take over. Peerless went out of business in May of 2007 ending revenue freight service on the former Milwaukee Road C&E Line north of Clybourn. Later there would be two special movements including stuffing gondolas for storage on the former Peerless spur and a passenger excursion train.
In later years this switch mechanism would be tough to move and require a crowbar. See below.