Northbound Chicago and Northwestern Railroad freight train. Argo Tower and Junction. (gone) December 1990.

This is a photograph of another fallen railroad landmark. The Control Tower building seen here was known as "Argo Tower", wich was located in the town of "Summit" Illinois. I used to spend time here in the early 1990's photographing the busy junction. The Chicago and Northwestern train, is seen here traveling north on the Indianna Harbor Belt railroad mainline. The tracks it is seen crossing over are those of the Illinois Central railroad. This IC line was originally the Chicago and Alton Railroad mainline, and later-the Gulf Mobile and Ohio
Railroad. in 1972 it became the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. The Illinois Central line also sees Amtrak service, while the Indianna Harbor Belt is 100% freight traffic only. Argo Tower was closed during 1993, and was demolished in stages over the next two years. Today...only the crosstracks and freight traffic can be found today at this busy Chicagoland railroad junction.