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Re: Elevated freight railroads |
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Posted by Alan Follett on Mon Jul 2 16:34:39 2007, in response to Elevated freight railroads, posted by R42 4787 on Mon Jul 2 15:42:47 2007. If the question is about freight service sharing transit elevated lines, freight service was operated over the Chicago "L" by CRT and later CTA until 1973, from an interchange with the Milwaukee Road at Buena Yard (south of the Wilson Avenue station) to several customers on the north side main and the Evanston branch. The last freight customer on the line was the Lill coal yard.Of course, many built-up areas have grade-separated main line railways which carried or still cary freight service, if that meets your definition of an elevated freight railroad. These lines are generally solid fills (as is the portion of the CTA referred to above) rather than el-style steel structures. Alan Follett Hercules, CA |
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