Seneca
CSX J744 crosses the Illinois River with three cars for H.B. Fuller on the last remaining segment of the Kankakee and Seneca Railway. Owned 50/50 by the Rock Island and Big Four (CCC&StL) Railroads, the K&S was intended to be a Chicago bypass between the two roads. Nonetheless, the railroad folded in 1933 during the Great Depression, but the Rock Island kept a small section of track south of Seneca, including this lift bridge, to serve industries south of the river including a DuPont explosives plant.
Seneca
CSX J744 crosses the Illinois River with three cars for H.B. Fuller on the last remaining segment of the Kankakee and Seneca Railway. Owned 50/50 by the Rock Island and Big Four (CCC&StL) Railroads, the K&S was intended to be a Chicago bypass between the two roads. Nonetheless, the railroad folded in 1933 during the Great Depression, but the Rock Island kept a small section of track south of Seneca, including this lift bridge, to serve industries south of the river including a DuPont explosives plant.