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CHICAGO LAND SYSTEM - ATTN: Chicago Railfans

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What a great thread! I was born and raised in Chicago, along the B&OCT main and PRR 59th yard st. hump yard . Forrest Hill crossing with the BRC and Wabash (N&W) was just a few blocks south. I saw a lot the Chicago roads had to offer in those days, including the Capitol Limited with domes and Slumbercoaches, new NP SD-45's being delivered the roundabout way to CB&Q via B&O south to Blue Island, then back north to Clyde yd., a Trainmaster assigned regularly to the hump job, the first C&O Roadrailers on the Pere Marquette passenger trains, most every diesel model on the huge PRR/PC, and B&O rosters or the numerous transfers and road trains that went through Forrest Hill crossing. All those road names and colors on those 40 foot Boxcars from everywhere! What great memories! Things have changed a lot due to mergers, abandonments, etc. and some of the south side junctions are not what they used to be. Pullman Junction is nowhere near as busy, the PRR Panhandle line is gone. NS and CSX have moved all the old C&O and Wabash operations elsewhere, so Forrest Hill (75th ST.) isn't the same any more, but one can still see Metra, CSX intermodal and transfer operations on BRC and CSX. Ashland ave. is now NS ex CR/PC/NYC/Chicago Junction or Chicago River & Indiana, built to mostly serve the old Union Stockyards and related industries. Just be smart, safe and respectful, maybe take a friend or two along. Some of those neighborhoods are rough. JImmy
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