Southbound CSX Transportation intermodal transfer train passing through Brighton Junction. ( Gone, Rebuilt.) Chicago Illinois. October 2006.
Originally uploaded by Eddie from Chicago
My of My personal favorites among on location railfan haunts known as Brighton Junction, was in it's last Autum as an operating steam era manual interlocking railroad junction on the southside of Chicago.
The operator had just raised the mechanical Semaphore signal arm a few minutes before. Soon, this large CSX transporation Company double stack container train was passing through the junction.
The Canadian National Railroad closed this junction in early July of 2007, replacing the old crosstracks with new ones, and removing the classic but very outdated steam era Semaphore signals and stop signs.
Today, this junction is fully automated with tall overhead signal bridges and remotely controlled block target signals.
Brighton Junction, located near the intersection of South Archer and Western Avenues, for Myself was a fun place to visit at the border of Chicago's Brighton Park and Mc Kinley Park neighborhoods.
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