A rebuilt 1950 vintage EMD GP-9 and a slug motor unit, are seen at work one afternoon in April of 1984, at the Santa Fe Corwith Yard.The curved track seen here, is located just east of south Lawndale Avenue near west 49th Street. The Atchinson,Topeka & Santa Fe used older equipment like this locomotive to service the Illinois Northern branchline just north of Corwith Yard, and to switch trains on the humps at Corwith Yard. I loved to go railfanning here in the 1980's.
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Before containers there were two giant freight houses on 47th west of the viaduct, National Freight and Republic Carloading, and a third towards 39th St, Clipper Carloading. These three buildings each had six tracks holding 25 cars each with the outside walls lined with trailers. Box cars were loaded by hand & by destination. Lots of flat switching.
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