View facing east from the top of the South Cicero Avenue / Illinois
Route # 50 Highway overpass bridge, looking in to the Chicago
side of Clearing Yard on a hot summer day.
Monday, August 31, 2015
Construction of the Chicago Transit Authority's orange line rapid transit line to Midway Airport. Chicago Illinois. May 1989.
This location is just immediately north of West 55th Street, where
the Chicago Transit Authority's line climbs and passes over
the Belt Railway of Chicago, east of South Kilpatrick Avenue.
The Chicago city skyline, as seen from the Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard facility. Chicago / Bedford Park Illinois. August 2015.
I took this photograph recently facing north, from the top of the east side,
on the South Cicero Avenue / Illinois Route # 50 highway overpass bridge.
We are facing north from the "East" or "Chicago" side of the South Cicero
Avenue overpass bridge, which overlooks the Belt Railway of Chicago's
huge Clearing Yard facility at the Chicago city limits at this location.
Friday, August 28, 2015
1970's era 60 foot auto parts box cars in transit.
Photographed at the Oak Park Society of Model Engineers,H.O
Scale Model Railroad Club in Oak Park Illinois.
OPSME on Facebook.
A short two locomotive, three car Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad local freight train, returning to Argo Yard. Chicago Illinois. February 2015.
This train was photographed traveling over the Belt Railway
of Chicago tracks, at the West 55th Street railroad crossing
near South Central Avenue.
A 1950's era Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad freight train passes by.
Photographed at the Oak Park Society of Model Engineers,
H.O Scale Model Railroad Club in Oak Park Illinois.
OPSME on Facebook.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Welcome aboard the "Bus Day" edition of Eddie's Railfan Page!
Here I am, your host and photographer at work. August 2015.
Chicago Entertainment Tours, Freightliner limosuine conversion bus. Bridgeview Illinois. January 2015.
Transportation to and from the Horseshoe Casino in
nearby Hammond Indiana.
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Modern Belt Railway of Chicago EMD Hybrid Genset diesel electric switcher # 140 at work in Clearing Yard. Chicago / Bedford Park Illinois. Friday, August 21st, 2015.
The "Newest" in state of the art contemporary locomotives, is
viewed switching cars at the Belt Railway of Chicago's huge
Clearing Yard facility. This photograph was taken, from the
east side of the South Cicero Avenue overpass bridge.
Pacific Electric interurban train traveling on the Long Beach Line. Los Angeles California. March 1959. John Devore photo collection.
I found this California electric interurban railroad photograph
at my Link Page "New Dave's Rail Pix", which is located to
the right of your computer screen .
A two car heavyweight Pacific Electric Railroad interurban
passenger train, is viewed traveling on the company
mainline, to nearby Long Beach California.
The Pacific Electric Railroad operated until 1961.
A 1970's era Chicago & NorthWestern Railroad freight train passes by.
I took this photograph earlier this year, at the Oak Park
Society of Model Engineers,H.O Scale Model Railroad
Club in Oak Park Illinois. OPSME on Facebook.
A Walther's "Trainline Series" C & N,W EMD GP 15
light roadswitcher diesel electric locomotive, pulls a
cut of leftover 1960's and some newer 1970's era freight
cars past our camera location on the club layout.
A 1960's era Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad local freight train passes by.
I took this photo a few weeks ago, at the Oak Park Society of
Model Engineers,H.O Scale Model Railroad Club in Oak Park
Illinois. OPSME on Facebook.
In a scene right out of the early to mid 1960's era, An Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Alco S 4 yard switcher diesel
electric locomotive still wearing the Santa Fe's 1950's era
black and silver "Zebra Stripes" color scheme, pulls a cut of
colorful 1960's era American railroad box cars on the club's
huge model railroad layout.
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
A Bachman Sound Value Series H.O Scale Santa Fe Alco S 4 yard switcher, pulling a cut of 1960's era American railroad box cars on the club layout.
In a scene out of the early to mid 1960's era, An Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe Railroad Alco S 4 switcher still wearing the 1950's
era Santa Fe black and silver "Zebra Stripes" color scheme,
is viewed pulling a cut of colorful 1960's era box cars, at the
Oak Park Society of Model Engineers,H.O Scale Model
Railroad Club in Oak Park Illinois. OPSME on Facebook.
Saturday, August 15, 2015
The "New" Metra commuter rail station in west suburban Cicero Illinois. June 2015.
This new and very tasteful station facility, recently replaced
a very crumbling and outdated station. This was originally
known as the Cicero Avenue station in past years.
A 1950's era Nickle Plate Road freight train passes by.
This photograph was taken at the Oak Park Society of Model
Engineers,H.O Scale Model Railroad Club in Oak Park Illinois.
OPSME on Facebook.
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Baltimore Transit Company streetcars at the Harford Road Yard. Baltimore Maryland, Circa 1950's era.
I found this photograph at my Link Page "New Dave's Railpix"
located to the right of your computer screen.
The Baltimore Transit Company, operated electric city
streetcars or trolleys until 1963, and electric trolley
buses until 1959. This photograph, is a behind
the scenes photograph, from the back yard of one
of their streetcar barn / maintenance facilities during
the final decade of service.
A southbound Canadian National freight train, waits on a hold order along South Central Park Avenue near Hayford Junction. Chicago Illinois. August 2015.
Just recently, I paid a short visit to one of my old railfan haunts
I used to hang out at during the 1980's. Good old Hayford
Junction, located at West 75th Street and South Central Park
Avenue, in Chicago's Ashburn neighborhood.
Seen here idling on the former Grand Trunk Western mainline
just north of West 79th Street, is a southbound CN freight
train, that had just crept through the interchange a few city
blocks north of here at Hayford Junction. This train was in
the process of departing from the Belt Railway of Chicago
Clearing Yard, and once given the green signal, will soon
be heading toward places like Detroit Michigan.
The former Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad lives in H.O Scale!
This late 1960's or early 1970's era caboose hop from the
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad, was photographed in
2014, at the Oak Park Society of Model Engineers,H.O
Scale Model Railroad Club in Oak Park Illinois.
OPSME on Facebook.
Happy memories from the G,M & O as well as other
fallen flag railroads of the past, even today's modern
railroads and equipment, can be seen operating at
this pleasant Chicago area model railroad club.
Monday, August 10, 2015
Two train meet at Cragin Junction. Chicago Illinois. July 2007.
A Norfolk Southern Railroad transfer train (Left), meets a
Canadian Pacific double stack intermodal container train.
Thursday, August 06, 2015
Electric passenger railway equipment at the September 1989 Member's Day weekend, at the Illinois Railway Museum. Union Illinois.
Left to right , a modernized Chicago, North Shore And Milwaukee
Railroad "Silver Liner" interurban combine, two Chicago Transit
Authority 4000 Series rapid transit cars, and a Chicago, Aurora
And Elgin Railroad interurban coach car.
Wednesday, August 05, 2015
Riding aboard the tiny 7 and 1/2 inch gauge live steam train at the Hesston Steam Museum. Hesston Indiana. June 1991.
For more information about this fun and very family friendly
attraction in northwest Indiana, log on to www.hesston.org.
