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Posted by Alan Follett on Mon Jul 2 18:24:18 2007, in response to Re: Elevated freight railroads, posted by kp5308 on Mon Jul 2 16:50:37 2007. Yes, that's pretty much correct. The CTA line from Wilson Avenue north was built on the right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul (not then yet "...& Pacific") Evanston Division, initially at grade but later elevated in segments in 1908-1916. When the Northwestern Elevated took over passenger service north of Wilson in 1908, the steam road initially continued to serve freight customers. Beginning in 1920 the "L" took over hauling freight behind its own steeplecabs north of the Buena Yard interchange, though I do seem to recall reading somewhere that the freight cars travelled under Milwaukee Road waybills down to the end of service.Alan Follett |
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