Friday, February 01, 2008

Digging out a track switch after a Chicago snowstorm. Hayford Junction. Chicago Illinois USA. January 1987.

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Welcome aboard Eddie's Railfan Page.
Todays posting is devoted to Chicago Winter Railroading. Winter can be an adverse season for anybody who has to work outdoors. A heavy snowstorm fell on Chicago on this January morning in 1987. A Belt Railway of Chicago track maintenance crew, is seen manually shoveling out a track switch that became clogged with snow. An eastbound Norfolk Southern freight train passes in the distance. This photo was taken just west of the Belt Railway of Chicago / Grand Trunk Western crosstracks at Hayford Junction.
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2 comments:

  1. leomemorial7:38 PM, February 01, 2008

    Eddie, Rich liked the photo you took so much, that he's going to put it on his Svengoolie website.

    Thanks for the great pics and preserved memories...

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  2. Eddie7:31 PM, February 04, 2008

    Thank You too Leomemorial.
    I never actually got to
    meet Rich Koz in person, but
    it was a pleasure taking that
    photo at the 1982 Berwyn Houby
    Day Parade.

    Also, I added a photo selection of Chicago area eateries. Some of these have since came and went. You can see the original Mount Pindo's at Archer and Pulaski and a few others at My linls page
    "My Flickr Photo Pages" at the right of Your screen.

    Thank You.
    Eddie K.

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