Englewood Station

[richhotrain]

[richhotrain]

Here is a great closeup photo of Englewood Union Station at 63rd and State, looking northeast.  Below the station at ground level is 63rd Street, as pictured in wanswheel's photo.  A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train on its way east from Union Station in  Chicago is blocking the Rock Island tracks at the interchange while it picks up passengers at Englewood Union Station.  The NYC access track from the PRR tracks to the Rock Island tracks is just behind the station in this photo.  Beyond the NYC access track are NYC coal hoppers in a small yard.

Anyone trying to model the Englewood Union station would have quite a scratchbuilding effort on his hands.

Rich

[richhotrain]

Here is a photo of the Little Englewood Station:

From information that I have available to me, the photo was taken in 1924.  The Little Englewood Station is below the bridge which carried elevated ("L") trains from 63rd and Loomis to downtown Chicago.  The upper platform just beyond the bridge is the "L" station at 63rd and Parnell.

Rich

[Anonymous]

Yes, Mike, very nice photos and a nice salute to the four that frequented Englewood.  Mr. Barnard took some very good shots.

And Rich, thanks for the info.

Art

[richhotrain]

Mike,

Fantastic photos.

I had never before seen that ground shot of 63rd Street right at the site of Englewood Station.

Tremendous.

Rich

[wanswheel]

Thanks Rich.  Thanks Art.  Thanks LIFE.  Thanks General Eisenhower.  Thanks Mr. Bernard.

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Mike

[richhotrain]

I found a web site with that photo and the following title:

"Old Englewood Photo Album-Train Yard 1880-1890"

Rich

[richhotrain]

artschlosser

Rich, you're getting as good as wanswheel.  Great picture of Englewood.  I passed through there many times on the Rock Island in 49-50 while commuting from Joliet to Chicago and back. 

Got there a few times by auto after moving to Chicago as I never had a chance to stop there while commuting.  Do you have any idea of when the picture was taken?  I don't remember the yard to the south in the 1950-52 time frame, but the picture looks much earlier than that.

I learned later, after leaving Chicago, that there was another Englewood station to the west.  Wish I had visted that one!  (I'll bet wanswheel has pictures of that one, too!)  While wishing, I wish we had something like the Internet much earlier.   

Art

Art,

I appreciate the kind words, but I cannot hold a candle to wanswheel.

I don't know the date of that photo, so I will have to research it. I have had it for about 4 years, but I don't recall its origins.  Let me check.

That other Englewood station that you recall was called "Little Englewood" station. It was the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad's 63rd Street station, located at 63rd and Parnell, a few blocks west of Englewood Station at 63rd and State.

Rich

[Anonymous]

Rich, you're getting as good as wanswheel.  Great picture of Englewood.  I passed through there many times on the Rock Island in 49-50 while commuting from Joliet to Chicago and back. 

Got there a few times by auto after moving to Chicago as I never had a chance to stop there while commuting.  Do you have any idea of when the picture was taken?  I don't remember the yard to the south in the 1950-52 time frame, but the picture looks much earlier than that.

I learned later, after leaving Chicago, that there was another Englewood station to the west.  Wish I had visted that one!  (I'll bet wanswheel has pictures of that one, too!)  While wishing, I wish we had something like the Internet much earlier.   

Art

[richhotrain]

wanswheel's photos have inspired me to post this photo. 

It is a shot of Englewood Station in Chicago, located a few miles south of downtown Chicago.  It is looking north.  Englewood Station is visble with the peaked roof and covered platforms on the northeast corner of the rail junction.  The Rock Island tracks are running north-south and the PRR tracks are running east-west.  The curving platform on the northeast side of the station accomodated NYC trains turning north onto the Rock Island tracks, heading into LaSalle Street Station.