N&W GP9 626, Chgo-CDB
It's April 11, 1986, and I've just finished working 3rd Trick at Cummings Drawbridge on N&W's former Nickel Plate Road. The tower was right across from the Ford plant on 130th Street. On the other side of the plant was Torrence Ave and the old C&WI bridge. The Ramp job is just coming across the bridge, headed for the auto loading facility, a very busy place which usually saw service all three tricks. I usually enjoyed working all the towers, except this one. It was eight hours of pure hell and busier than several dispatching desks that I worked in my career. It looked nice and peaceful in there, but the radio and phones and computers were always going.
N&W GP9 626, Chgo-CDB
It's April 11, 1986, and I've just finished working 3rd Trick at Cummings Drawbridge on N&W's former Nickel Plate Road. The tower was right across from the Ford plant on 130th Street. On the other side of the plant was Torrence Ave and the old C&WI bridge. The Ramp job is just coming across the bridge, headed for the auto loading facility, a very busy place which usually saw service all three tricks. I usually enjoyed working all the towers, except this one. It was eight hours of pure hell and busier than several dispatching desks that I worked in my career. It looked nice and peaceful in there, but the radio and phones and computers were always going.