Idling on the Peerless Confectionery Spur Lakewood @ Diversey Chicago July 29 2004
The CP Rail crew in a faded Milwaukee Road MP15 waits while the owner of a vehicle blocking the spur is found so they can retrieve an empty tank car.
In less than 2.5 years Chicago Terminal would take over operation up to Peerless on the former Milwaukee Road Chicago & Evanston Line-a line that CP/Soo had sought to abandon north of Clybourn as far back as 1986 when it took over the line from the Milwaukee Road.
At one time the Milwaukee Road's C&E line reached not only its namesake Evanston on the north but it was later extended into Wilmette where it terminated near the current Linden Avenue L station.
The last documented run by CTM to Peerless was on February 1, 2007, then Peerless shut down in April of 2007 and its buildings torn down a short time later. This area is now filled with condos though the track still remains in the street on Lakewood long after it was officially abandoned by CTM.
Idling on the Peerless Confectionery Spur Lakewood @ Diversey Chicago July 29 2004
The CP Rail crew in a faded Milwaukee Road MP15 waits while the owner of a vehicle blocking the spur is found so they can retrieve an empty tank car.
In less than 2.5 years Chicago Terminal would take over operation up to Peerless on the former Milwaukee Road Chicago & Evanston Line-a line that CP/Soo had sought to abandon north of Clybourn as far back as 1986 when it took over the line from the Milwaukee Road.
At one time the Milwaukee Road's C&E line reached not only its namesake Evanston on the north but it was later extended into Wilmette where it terminated near the current Linden Avenue L station.
The last documented run by CTM to Peerless was on February 1, 2007, then Peerless shut down in April of 2007 and its buildings torn down a short time later. This area is now filled with condos though the track still remains in the street on Lakewood long after it was officially abandoned by CTM.