Just out of curiousity, do you use yout browser in “full screen” mode?
I have to physically stretch the browser to full screen proportions in order to expose the improperly dispayed menu items
Thanks for the interesting photo essay. It is interesting to look at areas like that and let your mind wander about what might have been years ago.
I was in the Southside of Chicago today with a young sales trainee and he asked about a couple of locations, which I havent even thought about in years. Old factories on Pershing Avenue that once were busy are now either vacant or used for warehouses.
ed
I actually grew up in Chicago. We lived North of Wrigley, then moved into a place right next to the EJ&E in the suburbs. We came out here when I was 18, so I never got a chance to see the Chicago urban stuff, like Lakewood Branch and all that, in person. You’ve probably seen it already, but there’s an excellent street running site for Chicago here:
http://www.chicagoswitching.com/chicagoswitching/v3/
Dave
Dave…Believe the Triple Crown is an important run through this route…I have been up at the “Depot”…now Trail Head…but the NS tracks are parallel to the Trail there for a few hundred feet…and I’ve been there several time as it rolls through and it in general is very quiet as it passes…and impressive and strange at the same time being close to it as it slips pass…Just a little strange to have trailers slipping by, by the dozens and realizing their doing it on the rails…and without heavy rail cars under them. Sure seems like an effecient way to move certain merchandise and in a pretty rapid manner.
At the same time when seeing 140 trailers on such train…realizing that is 140 trucks not running the interstate…Wish we would see more of the system being used in more locations.