Englewood Station

wanswheel’s photos have inspired me to post this photo.

It is a shot of Englewood Station in Chicago, located a few miles south of downtown Chicago. It is looking north. Englewood Station is visble with the peaked roof and covered platforms on the northeast corner of the rail junction. The Rock Island tracks are running north-south and the PRR tracks are running east-west. The curving platform on the northeast side of the station accomodated NYC trains turning north onto the Rock Island tracks, heading into LaSalle Street Station.

Rich, you’re getting as good as wanswheel. Great picture of Englewood. I passed through there many times on the Rock Island in 49-50 while commuting from Joliet to Chicago and back.

Got there a few times by auto after moving to Chicago as I never had a chance to stop there while commuting. Do you have any idea of when the picture was taken? I don’t remember the yard to the south in the 1950-52 time frame, but the picture looks much earlier than that.

I learned later, after leaving Chicago, that there was another Englewood station to the west. Wish I had visted that one! (I’ll bet wanswheel has pictures of that one, too!) While wishing, I wish we had something like the Internet much earlier.

Art

Art,

I appreciate the kind words, but I cannot hold a candle to wanswheel.

I don’t know the date of that photo, so I will have to research it. I have had it for about 4 years, but I don’t recall its origins. Let me check.

That other Englewood station that you recall was called “Little Englewood” station. It was the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad’s 63rd Street station, located at 63rd and Parnell, a few blocks west of Englewood Station at 63rd and State.

Rich

I found a web site with that photo and the following title:

“Old Englewood Photo Album-Train Yard 1880-1890”

Rich

Thanks Rich. Thanks Art. Thanks LIFE. Thanks General Eisenhower. Thanks Mr. Bernard.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=665051

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=677035

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=997964

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1000336

Mike

Mike,

Fantastic photos.

I had never before seen that ground shot of 63rd Street right at the site of Englewood Station.

Tremendous.

Rich

Yes, Mike, very nice photos and a nice salute to the four that frequented Englewood. Mr. Barnard took some very good shots.

And Rich, thanks for the info.

Art

Here is a photo of the Little Englewood Station:

From information that I have available to me, the photo was taken in 1924. The Little Englewood Station is below the bridge which carried elevated (“L”) trains from 63rd and Loomis to downtown Chicago. The upper platform just beyond the bridge is the “L” station at 63rd and Parnell.

Rich

Here is a great closeup photo of Englewood Union Station at 63rd and State, looking northeast. Below the station at ground level is 63rd Street, as pictured in wanswheel’s photo. A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train on its way east from Union Station in Chicago is blocking the Rock Island tracks at the interchange while it picks up passengers at Englewood Union Station. The NYC access track from the PRR tracks to the Rock Island tracks is just behind the station in this photo. Beyond the NYC access track are NYC coal hoppers in a small yard.

Anyone trying to model the Englewood Union station would have quite a scratchbuilding effort on his hands.

Rich

Interesting picture, Rich. Looks like a ‘dolled up’ post card. The fields look just right for for Mrs. O’Leary’s cow to feast on.

The picture in the first post sure has a lot more going for it!

Art

Art,

Hope you saw the photo of Little Englewood that I posted for your benefit. Scroll up a few posts.

Rich

Oh that I did, Rich, and also the view of the NYC/PRR/Rock station at ground level. I suspect little is left of the little 63rd, and I doubt that I’ll get back to Illinois soon. No kin except a niece in Joliet, two nieces north of Chicago, and a nephew in Chi are all that’s left of my parents’ 11 offspring that were begat some 90 miles south of the windy city. Bad enough travelling to see your own kids, let alone your brothers’!

Got my first glimpse of the city when my folks took me and my older brother to see the 1933 World’s Fair. Still remember a lot of the trip. Especially the railroad exhibit and a fantastic model railroad display.

Art

Ah me, the problems of old age. Wanswheel had the street shot which I confused with the Pennsy train blocking the Rock’s tracks.

Art

Everybody saw the video extra, right?

http://www.trains.com/ctr/default.aspx?c=a&id=362

Mike

A great piece of Film and great pictures from back in the day!

thanks for posting them. Mike

Winifred Landis, Reed Landis and Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the first Commissioner of Baseball.

Mike

WW1 send off by his parents? love the period look!

I don’t see where anyone mentioned the third Englewood Station, that on the Illinois Central N-S eight track mainline at 63rd Street. The IC’s electric suburban trains stopped there as did all the IC through trains except for those on the Iowa Division. The South Shore, and NYC’s Michigan Central and Big Four ran on IC trackage and all the Chciago trains of these roads also stoppped there.

Mark

There were several stations along 63rd Street in Chicago: Woodlawn (IC, MC, Big Four) at about 1200 E. 63rd St, Englewood (PRR, NYC, RI, NKP) at about 63rd and State, “Little” Englewood (Erie, Monon, Wabash, C&EI, C&WI) at 551 W. 63rd St, 63rd St (B&O, PM/C&O) at about 2200 W. 63rd St, Chicago Lawn (GTW) at about 3600 W 63rd St.