Tuesday, February 13, 2007

The GTW Elsdon roundhouse one year after abandonement. December 1984.

I took this lonely photo at west 49th Street and south Kedzie Avenue in December of 1984. This is a backside view of the abandoned Grand trunk Western Railroad Elsdon Roundhouse and turntable. I was taking a walk through the area on a cloudy Saturday afternoon in December of the year 1984, and was reminiscing about happier times when this was a busy facility.
I was lamenting the iminent loss.
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:03 PM, February 13, 2007

    I never got to see this side of the roundhouse. I remember when going to my Grandmas house we would pass the place on Kedzie on the way to her place on Trumbull. I can still see it clearly in my head. Thanks for the photo Eddie. Dennis

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  2. Anonymous12:03 PM, February 13, 2007

    I never got to see this side of the roundhouse. I remember when going to my Grandmas house we would pass the place on Kedzie on the way to her place on Trumbull. I can still see it clearly in my head. Thanks for the photo Eddie. Dennis

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  3. Anonymous7:48 PM, February 13, 2007

    Eddie, I also miss that place.Used to be a very busy place. Great photo. Do you have any photos of the inside? I remember the pits under the tracks full of who knows what.Thank you.

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  4. Eddie6:35 PM, February 14, 2007

    I vaguely remember, that sometime during 1979...A GTW diesel engine actually went through one of the walls facing south Kedzie Avenue at slow speed. I believe it was in the Southwest News Herald paper.

    Thank You.
    Eddie.

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  5. Anonymous9:03 AM, November 10, 2008

    Interesting to know.

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