Old map that shows additional tracks around Altenheim and Bob's offer for the B&OCT history file
1955 B&OCT station code book #11
IHB tieing into the north side of the East Chicago yards
RIP house yard was once C yard
Interlocking tower at the north end of A yard at East Chicago
Location of freight office in C yard at East Chicago
Joint operations with Pennsy between State Line and Pine Junction
HS tower on the lake front, were we would have kept going north from the North A yard at East Chicago into Whiting
C&WI RR 47th St. Station 1905 Bot Lalich posted a map that shows where the stairwell to 47th street was. I posted a 1938 aerial.
1919 State Line to Bunham Ave.
A Lot of unknown history here.
-There were tracks north of Brainard ave,
-EJ&E had a yard here
-never heard of the Kensington and Eastern RR
Alt sub Central Ave. area
48th Ave / Cicero Satellite
Bob Lalich Cullen-Friedsted was located at 1300 S. Kilbourn Ave. This was the north end of BRC's 22nd St Yard. Satellite
Northeast of the McCook crossing It is now Fed Ex and a quarry hole The initial posting for this area Western Reduction US Reduction in East Chicago was also switched by PRR and Wabash.
Freight Station at Chicago Heights question
Calumet Refinery
Edmier INC. 1951
G S Blakeslee & co. Craig Holmberg A lot of industries in this area were reciprocal switching with the BRC. Also the B&O proper, had rights to switch this area but not for connection roads.
Mystery
1950 54th ave Yard? Never heard of its existence. Cicero branch
1947 Fidelity Coal co. Clifton Linton you took pictures of this place
Switcher 8418 switched Wyman-Gordon
1955 South Water Market
1948 U.S. SANITARY SPECIALTIES CORP
East Chicago
1929 Riverdale interlocking
General Foods
Whiting Branch 1955
Edison GE Appliance
Les Wuollett The northwest tip of 48th Ave Yard is above Gustave Lidseen bldg and just below B&OCT main. Upper left shows x'over to main which I think we called Central Ave when calling dispatcher to get a clearance. Even though CGW used the yard at the time B&OCT did the industry work. Run 52 (4pm) out of Homan did most of the work. They used the small yard (abt 1/2 dozen trks) located off 3rd main between Cicero Ave and BRC to line up cars and for storage.
22nd to 16th on the Blue Island subLes Wuollett I worked the 22nd st switchtender job on occasion. Would line up trains going from B&OCT to CB&Q. The CJ also had a switchtender who would complete line up toward CB&Q over the CJ trks. The shanty was very small and squeezed between the Pennsy and B&OCT trks. The clearance was so close that on the first day working there I would stand out side... Worried that any rocking cars might knock shanty down. However, the east bound road trains coming out of Robey St yard were still using steam locomotives and it would rain cinders... Stayed in shanty after that. lol
South Grant Spur
15th Place & Cicero has quite a few comments about switching for connecting railroads.
Grant Wilson INC.
Burt Wheeling Brick
1918 Blueprint I just found in my collection of stuff I didn't even know I had of Dolton tower.
1915 Chicago Hieghts Blueprint. EJ&E, Chicago Hieghts Terminal Transfer, "? Central Railroad?
Bob Lalich Probably Michigan Central RR.
1912 Pine Jct 1912 Pine Jct "Indiana" interlocking tower lever configuration
75th st
1915 Florence Spur in Hammond, IN.
Hill & Griffith industry Manufacturer's junction railway lease
Metro Glass better know as Ball Glass to me
American Can Co. 1930
B&OCT & IHB interchange agreement 1931
Commercial Wallpaper Mill inc. Hammond IN
Rockwell Engineering Co. 1950
BaumBach Electrocast steel Foundry
Midwest Beverage Co.
Humes & Berg manufacturer co.
Sears
Rosenbloom barrel & Drum
Earl Wacker I know where 149th & Loomis is on the Chgo Heights sub but there was never a swith there that I recall.
Louisville Cement Co.
What was this place at the east end of the south side East Chicago Yard at Baring ave?
B&OCT over new channel and SCAL still over old channel Bob Lalich posted a photo of both bridges in-line
Crossovers between B&OCT and SCAL bridges
Title Craft inc
H H walker & co.
Siding for Maremont Automotive Products
East Chicago water works (asking for help)
Barr Yard when only E yard was there
95th Street Crossing
Maremont Automotive Products more track changes
Rock Island Junction
Pullman ave and Hammond st in Calumet Park? The Bishop Ford Expy runs along the former Pullman Ave. It was the dividing line between Dolton and Calumet City.
NYC sand pit track
From WC to downtown
It's the Altenheim line between Western Ave tower and Rockwell St Jct.
Where my finger is pointing it is marked IHB RR. What!? 49th st?
Industrial Cinders at Pine Jct
Chicago Hieghts
B&O freight house #2
C&O Pere Marquette Freight House
Brookdale branch
Exhibit D: Panhandle crossed CJ RY just north of 49th
Never knew these tracks were at the East leg of the WYE going onto the Hieghts sub
The Foley Greenhouse Mfg. Co.
Central Ave before elevated
Ok This is up on the Lake front, but what the heck is a BUNK HOUSE never heard or saw one of these on a blue print
Jefferson Ice
Gary depot
Gary freight house
Bethlehem Steel
Rockwell Yard
Short cut over IC and CJ to stock yards and "GCS freight yard"
Dolton industrial spur
Rock Island Junction
International Harvester Bob Lalich Just north of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at 31st St.
Says 16th St to the north and End of R/W to the south for B&OCT
Old North Hammond History
Central Ave before elevation or underpass
Whiting interlocking
Madison Ave station
Republic interlocking tower
49th Street
Chicago Avenue: Hammond Whiting & East Chicago Electric Railway
48th Avenue Yard
Euclid ave in East Chicago, didn't know this track layout existed
East Chicago roundhouse
Forest Park depot and tower
63rd Depot
East Chicago: now the north end of the Kankakee Line
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