When Freight Trains Went Past Wrigley Field-Milwaukee Road C&E Line Chicago 1971
This image is a composite from two engineering diagrams presumed to be from 1971 due to their similarity to others in my collection. They show the Milwaukee Road Chicago & Evanston (C&E) Line which once went past Wrigley Field-and also delivered boxcars of beer and bats among other things to the ballpark from the adjacent team track. The C&E had already been single tracked at this date.
Until 1917 the MILW went to Wilmette via Evanston which was the source of the C&E name. After 1917 it turned over the line to a predecessor of the CTA with freight interchange at Buena Yard north of Irving Park Road.
In 1973 the MILW cut the line back to Racine Avenue, in 1981 to just north of Belmont Avenue to access Reed Candy, then in 1984 to Diversey to continue servicing Peerless Confectionery. Peerless closed in May of 2007 and as of 2019 the C&E is officially abandoned and successor to the Milwaukee Road and Soo/CP, Chicago Terminal and its parent Iowa Pacific, are out of business.
When Freight Trains Went Past Wrigley Field-Milwaukee Road C&E Line Chicago 1971
This image is a composite from two engineering diagrams presumed to be from 1971 due to their similarity to others in my collection. They show the Milwaukee Road Chicago & Evanston (C&E) Line which once went past Wrigley Field-and also delivered boxcars of beer and bats among other things to the ballpark from the adjacent team track. The C&E had already been single tracked at this date.
Until 1917 the MILW went to Wilmette via Evanston which was the source of the C&E name. After 1917 it turned over the line to a predecessor of the CTA with freight interchange at Buena Yard north of Irving Park Road.
In 1973 the MILW cut the line back to Racine Avenue, in 1981 to just north of Belmont Avenue to access Reed Candy, then in 1984 to Diversey to continue servicing Peerless Confectionery. Peerless closed in May of 2007 and as of 2019 the C&E is officially abandoned and successor to the Milwaukee Road and Soo/CP, Chicago Terminal and its parent Iowa Pacific, are out of business.