We are looking northeast on Archer avenue at 47th Street. In this sunset photograph we see a quartet of Santa Fe diesel locomotives backing down the south hump at Santa Fe's Corwith Yard on Chicago's Southwest Side. The 2 lead units were hastily painted into a proposed merger color scheme , pending a big merger with the Southern Pacific Railroad in the mid 1980's. The two Rail carriers had been talking of merging, and even painted several diesel locomotives into this paint scheme, wich was nicknamed the "Kodachrome" scheme by many railfans. The Interstate Commerce Commission said "No" to the proposed merger between Santa Fe and Southern Pacific in 1986, and several pieces of equipment from both railroads,rolled along in this color scheme for a number of years after.
Monday, February 27, 2006
The Merger that never Materialized. April 1987.
We are looking northeast on Archer avenue at 47th Street. In this sunset photograph we see a quartet of Santa Fe diesel locomotives backing down the south hump at Santa Fe's Corwith Yard on Chicago's Southwest Side. The 2 lead units were hastily painted into a proposed merger color scheme , pending a big merger with the Southern Pacific Railroad in the mid 1980's. The two Rail carriers had been talking of merging, and even painted several diesel locomotives into this paint scheme, wich was nicknamed the "Kodachrome" scheme by many railfans. The Interstate Commerce Commission said "No" to the proposed merger between Santa Fe and Southern Pacific in 1986, and several pieces of equipment from both railroads,rolled along in this color scheme for a number of years after.
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3 comments:
Eddie do you have any photos of the Corwith yard engine house near 41st or 42nd east of Pulaski?
eddie, do u remember when a piggy-back train derailed & was hanging over the that bridge on the east side of it. I know I was very young, your photo is great nice shot,thanx steve
Hi everyone!
Thanks for all the nice comments and questions. Yes, I do have a photo from 1985 of the Corwith Yard engine terminal. I do not have any recolection of the train derailment on this bridge. It may have happened long before I became a railfan photographer.
Thanks anyway.
Eddie K.
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