Seen here on private industrial property, is an old EMD MP-15 Diesel Switching locomotive . The occasion was an open house, with free train rides on the sewer plants "In House" private industrial railroad. This locomotive is the regulair locomotive assigned to the daily "Sludge Trains" at the Stickney Water and Sewer treatment plant. When this locomotive is down for servicing, 3 old 1951 vintage EMD SW-1 Switchers are available to handle the work on this private line. The school buses seen in the background took visitors from the nearby Morton College parking lot at 39th Street and Central Avenue, through the plants entrance at 39th Street and Austin Avenue. It was an interesting outing learning about Chicago's rivers -creeks -streams -and sewer system. An interesting part of this Family "Field Trip" was learning about the Chicago Deep Tunnel Project. You'r tax dollars at work behind the scenes that day.
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
1975 Vintage EMD MP-15 Diesel Switcher. The Greater Chicago Water Reclamation District open house. September 1989.
Seen here on private industrial property, is an old EMD MP-15 Diesel Switching locomotive . The occasion was an open house, with free train rides on the sewer plants "In House" private industrial railroad. This locomotive is the regulair locomotive assigned to the daily "Sludge Trains" at the Stickney Water and Sewer treatment plant. When this locomotive is down for servicing, 3 old 1951 vintage EMD SW-1 Switchers are available to handle the work on this private line. The school buses seen in the background took visitors from the nearby Morton College parking lot at 39th Street and Central Avenue, through the plants entrance at 39th Street and Austin Avenue. It was an interesting outing learning about Chicago's rivers -creeks -streams -and sewer system. An interesting part of this Family "Field Trip" was learning about the Chicago Deep Tunnel Project. You'r tax dollars at work behind the scenes that day.
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