Lemont
BNSF L-CHI105 is about to cross the Sanitary and Ship Canal over the former swing bridge at Lemont. Leading the train is one of forty EMD GP60s built for the Santa Fe in the late 1980s.
Designated at Bridge 24B by the Santa Fe, the bridge was built circa-1898 during the construction of the Sanitary and Ship Canal. One of the lowest bridges along the entire canal, it was retrofitted into a movable swing bridge by the Navy during World War II to allow passage of Balao and Gato-class submarines built in Manitowoc, Wisconsin en route towards the Gulf of Mexico. The bridge last opened in 1954 and was fixed by the end of the 1970s.
Lemont
BNSF L-CHI105 is about to cross the Sanitary and Ship Canal over the former swing bridge at Lemont. Leading the train is one of forty EMD GP60s built for the Santa Fe in the late 1980s.
Designated at Bridge 24B by the Santa Fe, the bridge was built circa-1898 during the construction of the Sanitary and Ship Canal. One of the lowest bridges along the entire canal, it was retrofitted into a movable swing bridge by the Navy during World War II to allow passage of Balao and Gato-class submarines built in Manitowoc, Wisconsin en route towards the Gulf of Mexico. The bridge last opened in 1954 and was fixed by the end of the 1970s.