Saturday, September 1, 2018

Schmidt - Chicago Rapid Transit

From the Schmidt Photo Collection, Chicago Rapid Transit.

B&W Prints

This has some very interesting historical views, including the Westchester branch in the last week of operation, and reconstruction of the Des Plaines Ave. terminal a day before through service ended.

I have tried to arrange these in a geographical order.   All of the captions are taken from the backs of the pictures.


Westchester Branch


End of Westchester "L", (last week of operation), 9:15am
End of Westchester Branch

Last car for the day, Westchester Shuttle.  10am, 12/3/51

Dec 3, 1951.  Westchester L branch.   (4 days before abandonment)

Westchester Branch, Harrison Station


Bellwood Jct.

Westchester branch, just off Bellwood Jct.  Moving train.  Abandoned 1 week later.
Bellwood Jct.
Bellwood.     Train moving

17th Ave., Maywood

Des Plaines Avenue

CA&E train passing "L" at Des Plaines Ave.      9/50
Train on siding at Des Plaines Av., awaiting CA&E expresses to pass.     9/50

New "L" loop at Des Plaines Ave. under construction  9/19/53
(Day before opening)
Des Plaines transfer


Temp X-over   Des Plaines Ave.
Metropolitan West Side Line
Laramie Ave. yard
Laramie Ave. eastbound "L", uses loop track to let CA&E pass.

Laramie Ave. shops
Garfield Park "L" Temp west ramp onto Van Buren St. level tracks, along Congress St. Expressway.   6/55
East ramp, Van Buren St. temp track     6/55
Temp crossover from east ramp
Metro. Div.    Marshfield Sta.





Shops, Metro. Div.

Union Sta.
Train on Metro. Div. crossing S. Branch, Chicago River    Noon.    10/47
Lake Street

Lake St.
Lake St. car crossing "L" tracks, Austin



Lake St. "L"   Typical station at Ogden  (Note Lake St. trolley)    7/11/53
Lake St. line, Austin Blvd.    3/1/52
Lake St.
Lake St. "L" at Austin Blvd.
Lake St.    (Note trainman pulling down rear pole)
Civic Opera "L" spur      1/4/48

Civic Opera spur of "L"    1/4/48



 Evanston Line

Evanston shuttle    2/53

Evanston shuttle

Howard St.    2/53

Howard St.
Howard St.    Freight siding left

Evanston line, Davis St.  (Note freight tracks for CNS&M).
Evanston line
Freight rails to clear platform

Terminus Evanston line.   Jct with CNS&M

Douglas Park "L" at Cicero Ave.     2/4/52


Old Northwestern "L" terminus over C&NW tracks at Clark St.   1/4/48


Ravenswood

Ravenswood storage yard

Ravenswood "L" at Central Ave.

 Misc.

Builder's photo

Steel "L" car at Ravenswood, Chicago     April 1948
"L" car at Skokie (Mannheim Rd)   6:30pm   9/18/47

Chicago Transit Authority "L" car at jct. with Kenwood & stockyards line    4/24/48

Kenwood line - on C.J. trackage     Dec. 1948


Color Slides 


Isabella Ave.   10/18/71
Isabella Ave.   10/19/71
Howard St. looking N from station   7/12/58


Ravenswood L at Chicago River    10/18/71

10/18/70

Line car S-330  N of Belmont    7/62

Jefferson Pk. ballast train   10/18/71
Jefferson Pk. ballast train    11/76


11/76


11/76

Work train at Des Plaines     7/58


B&OCT Crossing
4/51

7/12/58

7/12/58
 
7/12/58

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