Nostalgia & History > Best Chicago map ever (says 1950)

Only way to improve it would be color.

https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/6932/rec/19

Chicago Switching District map. I have a paper copy and no wall to put it on. jpg jhas now been suitably filed. Thanks.

TAW

awesome map.  thanks for posting...........

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The Indiana Harbor Belt sold a detailed wall map of Chicagoland junctions, lines, yards, shippers, etc back in the 1980s.

Who had rights on which lines, many colors, and details, etc.

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The inset for Downtown Chicago is amazing!

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> The Indiana Harbor Belt sold a detailed wall map
> of Chicagoland junctions, lines, yards, shippers,
> etc back in the 1980s.
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> Who had rights on which lines, many colors, and
> details, etc.
>

It was really cool, but way too much had already been ripped out for my desire.

TAW

Geez it would be hard to be a railfan in 1950 Chicago. A lot to either memorize or simply resign to being ignorant of! 

Thank you for sharing this!

timz Wrote:
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> Only way to improve it would be color.
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> https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection
> /agdm/id/6932/rec/19

I have a similar map except mine is dated 1935! Perhaps I should look into preserving and sharing it via a website or some other means........

For the Chicago history buffs: the 1950 map shared by Timz names ALL of Yard Center (C&EI/Dolton) as such. On my version the north half of the yard is named Yard Center----the southern half is named Haney Yard.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/27/23 20:29 by ghemr.

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Yes, if at all possible to get the map
scanned please do.  The more paper
maps that can be preserved as digital
scans the better ... Given that the
boomer generation is beginning to
pass on in greater numbers the
historic documents that they might have
as paper copies need to be preserved
in a digital format and archived online.
The boomer generation is a key link in
preserving the detailed history of the late
1880's till the 2020's ...

Odyssey
Evergreen, CO

A thousand " thank yous " for posting the digital version of that great map.  Like Tom,
I have no where to hang my paper copy.  Mine came from, of all places, the office
of a warehouse manager at a soap factory from which it was being discarded.
Zooming in on all the incredible details on a computer screen is much easier than
standing at a wall with a magnifying glass.  Within minutes I discovered long-gone
tracks that I never noticed on my paper copy.

Can anyone tell what the NYC(C) & NYC(M) are?        

AmHog Wrote:
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> Can anyone tell what the NYC(C) & NYC(M) are?   
>     

There were three flavors of NYC in Chicago: Michigan Central (called 'the Michigan'), Lake Shore & Michigan Southern (called 'the Lake Shore'), and Chicago, Indiana & Southern (never heard a named other than CI&S).

Guessing M for the Michigan. The C, not sure. I need to see it in context.

TAW

The NYC (C) likely stood for the Big Four route, the former Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway.
It used the Illinois Central from Central Station, Chicago to Kankakee, Illinois and then onto its own rails.

Also, the NYC (W) probably refered to their Western Division, as that trackage was so named from Elkhart to Chicago.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/30/23 09:50 by Seventyfive.

Good map with the softened background locations for easy reference.  Thanks for sharing!