This Is Elgin??
Skirting Elgin's eastside, EJ&E 668 sweeps through a cut of trees. The train is about to pass under IL Rte 19 (Irving Park Rd.). The overhead shot is blocked by low-slung wires on both sides of the bridge so I am leaning out from the abutment underneath the bridge.
My wife and I had looked at some townhouses on the west side of the tracks, just on the other side of the trees to the right. The saleslady kept saying that the homes backed up to the woods and I kept saying, "And the railroad tracks". She finally conceded and then tried to tell us it was one train a day.... My wife rolled her eyes as I explained to the saleslady exactly how many trains would be running on that line. Needless to say we didn't move in.
This Is Elgin??
Skirting Elgin's eastside, EJ&E 668 sweeps through a cut of trees. The train is about to pass under IL Rte 19 (Irving Park Rd.). The overhead shot is blocked by low-slung wires on both sides of the bridge so I am leaning out from the abutment underneath the bridge.
My wife and I had looked at some townhouses on the west side of the tracks, just on the other side of the trees to the right. The saleslady kept saying that the homes backed up to the woods and I kept saying, "And the railroad tracks". She finally conceded and then tried to tell us it was one train a day.... My wife rolled her eyes as I explained to the saleslady exactly how many trains would be running on that line. Needless to say we didn't move in.