Peerless Confection Farewell Letter-Rail Served Customer in Chicago's Lincoln Park Neighborhood for 93 Years
This farewell letter appeared on the Peerless website before it shut down and I printed it off for posterity.
Peerless Confection was a customer of the Milwaukee Road, Soo/CP, and for a few months, Chicago Terminal (CTM) at its Lincoln Park location at Diversey & Lakewood. From 1984 to 2007 it was the only reason the former Milwaukee Road Chicago & Evanston (C&E) Line stayed open north of Clybourn Avenue as the last customer on that section.
In its early days Peerless was served by the MILW on its then double tracked C&E line that ran on dirt paved Lakewood. Peerless in later years added a new, northern half to its plant.
After Mars closes its plant on the west side of Chicago in the near future per its announcement, that will leave just Tootsie Roll as the last rail-served candy factory in the city. Once there were a dozen or more including three on the C&E.
Below is a picture of what I believe was the last revenue run up to Peerless by CTM in 2007. I produced a special banner for the occasion. CTM made two more non-revenue runs up to the former Peerless spur after that.
Peerless Confection Farewell Letter-Rail Served Customer in Chicago's Lincoln Park Neighborhood for 93 Years
This farewell letter appeared on the Peerless website before it shut down and I printed it off for posterity.
Peerless Confection was a customer of the Milwaukee Road, Soo/CP, and for a few months, Chicago Terminal (CTM) at its Lincoln Park location at Diversey & Lakewood. From 1984 to 2007 it was the only reason the former Milwaukee Road Chicago & Evanston (C&E) Line stayed open north of Clybourn Avenue as the last customer on that section.
In its early days Peerless was served by the MILW on its then double tracked C&E line that ran on dirt paved Lakewood. Peerless in later years added a new, northern half to its plant.
After Mars closes its plant on the west side of Chicago in the near future per its announcement, that will leave just Tootsie Roll as the last rail-served candy factory in the city. Once there were a dozen or more including three on the C&E.
Below is a picture of what I believe was the last revenue run up to Peerless by CTM in 2007. I produced a special banner for the occasion. CTM made two more non-revenue runs up to the former Peerless spur after that.