This photograph was taken in July of 1985. We are looking north from 51st street near St Louis avenue on the southwest side of Chicago. This is an EMD locomotive on the Grand Trunk Western railroad, recently acquired through merger with the Detroit Toledo and Ironton railroad. 2 years before this picture was taken...this was the GTW Elsdon Yard wich was abandoned in 1983. The engine servicing and yard operations were moved to the Belt Railway of Chicago's "Clearing Yard" at 70th and Central Avenue. For a few years after the abandonement...engines were staged between runs at this 51st street location, and were fueled there by tank trucks.
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