CN-IC 1029 South symbol L53691-12, Kensington, Illinois_
I like freight under wire. I really wish I'd have seen the Milwaukee Road stuff out west. Anyway, this past Sunday I was able to score a couple of Chicago area items that have been on the list - South Shore freight under wire, and CN-IC freight along the old IC electrified commuter main south out of Chicago.
The CN runs a daily job out of the former GM&O Glenn Yard to the former EJ&E Kirk Yard. Normally threading through downtown Chicago around lunchtime, most days this job can be an easy target in the electrified zone. In addition, this run has historically rated unique motive power - even back in IC/ICG days when the job turned at Markham. This day a pair of IC SD70s and a GP38-2 were in charge of 47 cars. Thanks to my buddy CWW, I was able to keep track of their movement while speedily driving south from Milwaukee.
They are passing over the diamonds of the South Shore Line connection that allows for CSSSB (NICTD) passenger trains direct access to the IC catenary they use to reach downtown. The South Shore has always relied on the IC to get downtown. But in 1911 this interlocking was configured to allow CSSSB trains direct access to the IC commuter mains. Up till that time South Shore passengers were subject to a clumsy arrangement of having to walk between IC and South Shore equipment using a pedestrian overpass that spanned the IC freight tracks. Part of the Kensington tower is seen through the trees on the right. And extreme right is the clock tower of the Pullman Palace Car Company administration building. Built in 1880, this building is the cornerstone of the Pullman National Historical Park Visitor Center that honors the history of the company.
CN-IC 1029 South symbol L53691-12, Kensington, Illinois_
I like freight under wire. I really wish I'd have seen the Milwaukee Road stuff out west. Anyway, this past Sunday I was able to score a couple of Chicago area items that have been on the list - South Shore freight under wire, and CN-IC freight along the old IC electrified commuter main south out of Chicago.
The CN runs a daily job out of the former GM&O Glenn Yard to the former EJ&E Kirk Yard. Normally threading through downtown Chicago around lunchtime, most days this job can be an easy target in the electrified zone. In addition, this run has historically rated unique motive power - even back in IC/ICG days when the job turned at Markham. This day a pair of IC SD70s and a GP38-2 were in charge of 47 cars. Thanks to my buddy CWW, I was able to keep track of their movement while speedily driving south from Milwaukee.
They are passing over the diamonds of the South Shore Line connection that allows for CSSSB (NICTD) passenger trains direct access to the IC catenary they use to reach downtown. The South Shore has always relied on the IC to get downtown. But in 1911 this interlocking was configured to allow CSSSB trains direct access to the IC commuter mains. Up till that time South Shore passengers were subject to a clumsy arrangement of having to walk between IC and South Shore equipment using a pedestrian overpass that spanned the IC freight tracks. Part of the Kensington tower is seen through the trees on the right. And extreme right is the clock tower of the Pullman Palace Car Company administration building. Built in 1880, this building is the cornerstone of the Pullman National Historical Park Visitor Center that honors the history of the company.