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This timeless view of the GTW Elsdon Yard engine servicing tracks would soon be gone. A chance visit to Elsdon Yard on the southside of Chicago, during early October of 1983, would be the last time I would actually see these locomotives being Fueled -Oiled -and Sanded on the GTW Elsdon Roundhouse lead tracks. The following week, this area west of Kedzie Avenue would be abandoned and empty. This was definately My last chance to see this in action. Behind the EMD Roadswitchers is the Sanding Tower. Locomotives need dry sand for traction.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Grand Trunk Western Railroad's Elsdon engine terminal. Chicago Illinois USA. October 1983.
This timeless view of the GTW Elsdon Yard engine servicing tracks would soon be gone. A chance visit to Elsdon Yard on the southside of Chicago, during early October of 1983, would be the last time I would actually see these locomotives being Fueled -Oiled -and Sanded on the GTW Elsdon Roundhouse lead tracks. The following week, this area west of Kedzie Avenue would be abandoned and empty. This was definately My last chance to see this in action. Behind the EMD Roadswitchers is the Sanding Tower. Locomotives need dry sand for traction.
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