Retro Railroading. May 1987.

With the Exception of the Union Pacific Railroad EMD GP-15T Diesel locomotives in the foreground, This could easily be mistaken for the year of 1972. We are on Chicago's Southwest side, at a place called Hayford Junction. This populair junction is located at 76th street and south St Louis Avenue. Here is where the Belt Railway of Chicago crosses the Grand Trunk western Railroad, and interchanges trains to and from the Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard.
The other trains locomotives, painted for the Chesapeke and Ohio, and Chessie System are rolling off their last years in these color schemes. In 1972, the Baltimore and Ohio -the Chesapeke and Ohio -and the Western Maryland Railroad "Merged" and became Chessie System. This railroad became CSX during the mid 1980's. The old Penn Central Hi Cube box car adds a very "Retro" touch to this photograph. The Penn Central existed from 1968 to 1976 . It was the Merger of the Pennsylvania Railroad - the New York Central Railroad, and the New Haven Railroad. It went "Bankrupt" and later became Conrail.