I took this photo looking north from West 51st Street near South Lawndale Avenue, on a hot summer day in August of 1986. The busy 14 track Elsdon Yard and roundhouse on Chicago's southwest side, was closed in October of 1983. For a few years afterwards, this curved section was used as a temporary locomotive and crew terminal. Locomotives were fueled on site via tractor and trailer semi tank trucks. The following Month of September 1986, would find this last remnant of a once proud Chicago railroad yard closed for good.Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Grand Trunk Western locomotives idling between assignments at the former Elsdon Yard. Chicago Illinois USA. August 1986.
I took this photo looking north from West 51st Street near South Lawndale Avenue, on a hot summer day in August of 1986. The busy 14 track Elsdon Yard and roundhouse on Chicago's southwest side, was closed in October of 1983. For a few years afterwards, this curved section was used as a temporary locomotive and crew terminal. Locomotives were fueled on site via tractor and trailer semi tank trucks. The following Month of September 1986, would find this last remnant of a once proud Chicago railroad yard closed for good.
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