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Nostalgia & History > Grand Trunk Tuesday - Westbound at 139th St. Blue IslandDate: 02/13/18 09:36 Grand Trunk Tuesday - Westbound at 139th St. Blue Island Author: Englewood Ken Lanovich photo
Scanned from a B&W print No info on print. Probably in the winter of 1969-70 A westbound GTW at 139th St. in Blue Island. This is the east (compass south) end of the GTW yard in Blue Island. The yard office / depot is out of sight to the right in the vicinity of the small support buildings. This is the same location pictured in a previous post when the eastbound Mohawk stopped to pick up a car. https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,4290677,4292721#msg-4292721 The train curving off to the left is on the IHB. It is the RI train pictured yesterday in the Maroon Monday post. https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,4485310 Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 02/13/18 09:44 by Englewood. Date: 02/13/18 12:29 Re: Grand Trunk Tuesday - Westbound at 139th St. Blue Island Author: Seventyfive Nice view; I had forgotten how much the Trunk had going on there.
The track next to the reefers on the Rock transfer I believe is the Spudhouse Lead, which continues on to the plant at North Harvey. Date: 02/13/18 12:51 Re: Grand Trunk Tuesday - Westbound at 139th St. Blue Island Author: ghemr I was always curious on how the Spudhouse Lead (and Curve) got it's name. I always assumed it was because of the nearby Libby Cannery. Upon further research, Englewood stated in a 2015 post that it may have been named for Albert Miller Warehouse. I searched further and indeed in 1920 a person named Albert Miller had a 50' x 200' warehouse built in Blue Island to store potatoes! Who knows---maybe he planned to sell the spuds to Libby??
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/13/18 13:58 by ghemr. |