This photograph was taken in April 2006 on Chicago's near North and West side at Kilbourn Avenue and Kinzie Street. I am standing in front of My Company I am employed at looking east along Kinzie Street. The fast westbound METRA express commuter train is traveling on the former Chicago and Northwestern Railroad mainline, passing the street crossing on Kilbourn Avenue. The blue truck in the foreground is a City of Chicago residential "Garbage Truck" enroute to a large waste recycling plant 5 blocks north of here, known as the "Northwest Waste to Energy" plant, located at Chicago Avenue and Kilbourn. For those who are "Unfamiliar" with Chicago trash collection trucks, That copper colored attatchment in front of the grill, is for "Snowplow Service". When the city of Chicago Illinois experiences heavy winter snow storms, Many times garbage trucks are fitted with snowplows to help keep the city streets clear, as the Salt Trucks are usually booked solid.
Monday, June 05, 2006
Industrial Chicago. April 2006.
This photograph was taken in April 2006 on Chicago's near North and West side at Kilbourn Avenue and Kinzie Street. I am standing in front of My Company I am employed at looking east along Kinzie Street. The fast westbound METRA express commuter train is traveling on the former Chicago and Northwestern Railroad mainline, passing the street crossing on Kilbourn Avenue. The blue truck in the foreground is a City of Chicago residential "Garbage Truck" enroute to a large waste recycling plant 5 blocks north of here, known as the "Northwest Waste to Energy" plant, located at Chicago Avenue and Kilbourn. For those who are "Unfamiliar" with Chicago trash collection trucks, That copper colored attatchment in front of the grill, is for "Snowplow Service". When the city of Chicago Illinois experiences heavy winter snow storms, Many times garbage trucks are fitted with snowplows to help keep the city streets clear, as the Salt Trucks are usually booked solid.
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