Monday, April 28, 2008

Northbound Canadian National transfer train. Hawthorne Junction. Chicago Illinois USA. Early October 2007.

The sun will soon be setting on a summer like day in early October of 2007. Seen here is a northbound Canadian National transfer train, traveling over the Belt Railway of Chicago at Hawthorne Junction just east of the Chicago city limits near Cicero Illinois. Hawthorne Junction is located on Chicago's near southwest side at approximately West 33rd Street and what would be South Kenton Avenue. Here the north and south Belt Railway of Chicago's trunk line interchanges with and crosses over the Canadian National ex Illinois Central Iowa Division Mainline. There are numerous lenghty and slow moving transfer trains enroute to and from the BRC Clearing Yard facility in southwest suburban Bedford Park Illinois near Midway Airport.

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