Shoving Down the Peerless Confectionery Spur Lakewood at Diversey Chicago September 18 2002
With a light grey building, a light grey sky, and grey pavement there was not much contrast possible in these shots. The remnant of a track going to the right or west was for the Continental Baking (Hostess) plant which was torn down by 1985.
Rare plumage for CP with this former North Louisiana & Gulf MP15. It was the only time I caught this engine working the former Milwaukee Road Chicago & Evanston (C&E) Line. It's on its way to pick up an empty tank car from Peerless Confectionery using street trackage.
Peerless went out of business in May of 2007 which ended revenue freight service on the C&E Line north of Clybourn by which time Chicago Terminal (CTM) had taken over operations of the C&E and Goose Island trackage from CP. In 2015 Big Bay Lumber on Goose Island closed which was the last CTM customer. CTM later conveyed rights to its ROW to the City of Chicago and abandoned what was left of its Chicago property in 2018.
Shoving Down the Peerless Confectionery Spur Lakewood at Diversey Chicago September 18 2002
With a light grey building, a light grey sky, and grey pavement there was not much contrast possible in these shots. The remnant of a track going to the right or west was for the Continental Baking (Hostess) plant which was torn down by 1985.
Rare plumage for CP with this former North Louisiana & Gulf MP15. It was the only time I caught this engine working the former Milwaukee Road Chicago & Evanston (C&E) Line. It's on its way to pick up an empty tank car from Peerless Confectionery using street trackage.
Peerless went out of business in May of 2007 which ended revenue freight service on the C&E Line north of Clybourn by which time Chicago Terminal (CTM) had taken over operations of the C&E and Goose Island trackage from CP. In 2015 Big Bay Lumber on Goose Island closed which was the last CTM customer. CTM later conveyed rights to its ROW to the City of Chicago and abandoned what was left of its Chicago property in 2018.