Honda Car Blocking Peerless Confection Spur Lakewood at Diversey Chicago IL Halloween 2004
In the background is a covered hopper on the Peerless spur. Attached to the wall is a relatively new gantry that would swing out so a Peerless employee working on top of covered hoppers to open and close the hatches could safely attach to a harness.
Peerless closed in May of 2007 and this area is now filled in with condo buildings. The last verified train run to Peerless and back was in February of 2007 by Chicago Terminal (CTM).
On Halloween of 2004 a group of us who were fans of the industrial railroad lines on Chicago's North Side took a driving and walking inspection tour, starting with the former C&NW Navy Pier Line and ending up at the end of the Chicago & Evanston Line at Peerless Confection at Diversey and Lakewood.
Honda Car Blocking Peerless Confection Spur Lakewood at Diversey Chicago IL Halloween 2004
In the background is a covered hopper on the Peerless spur. Attached to the wall is a relatively new gantry that would swing out so a Peerless employee working on top of covered hoppers to open and close the hatches could safely attach to a harness.
Peerless closed in May of 2007 and this area is now filled in with condo buildings. The last verified train run to Peerless and back was in February of 2007 by Chicago Terminal (CTM).
On Halloween of 2004 a group of us who were fans of the industrial railroad lines on Chicago's North Side took a driving and walking inspection tour, starting with the former C&NW Navy Pier Line and ending up at the end of the Chicago & Evanston Line at Peerless Confection at Diversey and Lakewood.