IHB Bellwood 1986
The CA&E Cook County branch left the mainline at Bellwood and extended to the Mt. Carmel cemetery two miles away. It ran along Mannheim Road for several blocks. A portion of the branch was one of several segments of the CA&E retained for freight service after abandonment in 1959. The IHB took over some of the trackage, and the IC also built a connection down to it from their line that passed overhead..The trackage was taken out of service in 1986- when I took these photos that year, construction was underway removing the old grade crossing across Mannheim.
This view looks east down the IHB (former CGW) in Bellwood- I'm standing at Bellwood Ave., a block east of Mannheim. The former location of the CA&E main would have been to my right.
Today the former CGW right-of-way here has been filled in with homes and the CA&E right-of-way is the Illinois Prairie Path trail.
IHB Bellwood 1986
The CA&E Cook County branch left the mainline at Bellwood and extended to the Mt. Carmel cemetery two miles away. It ran along Mannheim Road for several blocks. A portion of the branch was one of several segments of the CA&E retained for freight service after abandonment in 1959. The IHB took over some of the trackage, and the IC also built a connection down to it from their line that passed overhead..The trackage was taken out of service in 1986- when I took these photos that year, construction was underway removing the old grade crossing across Mannheim.
This view looks east down the IHB (former CGW) in Bellwood- I'm standing at Bellwood Ave., a block east of Mannheim. The former location of the CA&E main would have been to my right.
Today the former CGW right-of-way here has been filled in with homes and the CA&E right-of-way is the Illinois Prairie Path trail.