MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
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59TH
STREET YARD - PANHANDLE DISTRICT |
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101 TRACKS |
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FACILITIES: |
|
ENGINEHOUSE |
|
CAR REPAIR FACILITIES |
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YARD HANDLED AN AVERAGE 4,229 CARS DAILY (1947) |
|
HUMP OPERATION PROVIDING CLASSIFICATION FOR ROAD
HAUL TRAFFIC VIA PANHANDLE DISTRICT |
| 59TH STREET
OPERATIONS |
|
DAILY RUNS ARE MADE FOR DIRECT INTERCHANGE WITH
THE: |
| RAILROAD |
LOCATION |
| CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN |
PROVISO |
| CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN |
16TH STREET |
| CHICAGO & ILLINOIS
WESTERN |
31ST STREET |
| CHICAGO, BURLINGTON &
QUINCY |
WESTERN AVENUE |
| CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY |
16TH STREET |
| CHICAGO JUNCTION RAILWAY |
ASHLAND AVENUE |
| CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL
& PACIFIC RAILROAD |
WESTERN AVENUE |
| CHICAGO PRODUCE TERMINAL |
CHICAGO PRODUCE TERMINAL |
| CHICAGO RIVER & INDIANA
R.R. |
LEAVITT STREET |
| ILLINOIS NORTHERN |
26TH STREET |
| MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL &
SAULT STE. MARIE RAILWAY |
16TH. STREET |
|
BELT
RAILWAY COMPANY CLEARING YARDS - (VIA 75th STREET) |
| INTERCHANGE
TO THE FOLLOWING LINES: |
| ATCHISON,
TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY |
| BALTIMORE
& OHIO RAILROAD |
| CHICAGO
& EASTERN ILLINOIS RAILROAD |
| CHICAGO
& NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY |
| CHICAGO,
BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD |
| CHICAGO
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY |
| CHICAGO,
INDIANAPOLIS & LOUISVILLE RAILWAY |
| CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL & PACIFIC RAILROAD |
| CHICAGO,
ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD |
| CHICAGO,
SOUTH SHORE & SOUTH BEND RAILROAD |
| ILLINOIS
CENTRAL RAILROAD |
| GULF,
MOBILE & OHIO RAILROAD (ALTON ROUTE) |
| MINNEAPOLIS,
ST. PAUL & SAULT STE. MARIE RAILROAD |
| WABASH
RAILROAD |
| AND
ALL OTHER ROAD HAUL CARRIERS |
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CARS INTERCHANGED AT CLEARING YARD - 1947 |
| RECEIVED |
DELIVERED |
| THROUGH
TRAFFIC |
230,081
LOADS |
THROUGH
TRAFFIC |
180,947
LOADS |
| LOCAL
TRAFFIC |
14,903
LOADS |
LOCAL
TRAFFIC |
10,000
LOADS |
| TOTAL
- 244,984 LOADS |
TOTAL
- 190,947 LOADS |
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CARS INTERCHANGED AT
CLEARING YARD - 1955 |
| APPROXIMATELY 239,760 |
|
DOLTON |
|
BLUE ISLAND YARD OF INDIANA HARBOR BELT |
|
CARS INTERCHANGED WITH THE INDIANA HARBOR BELT -
1947 |
| DELIVERED |
RECEIVED |
| 9,067 - LOADS |
39,577 - LOADS |
| 6,985 - EMPTIES |
3,928 - EMPTIES |
| CARS
INTERCHANGED WITH CHICAGO & EASTERN ILLINOIS - 1947 |
| DELIVERED |
RECEIVED |
| 135 - LOADS |
990 - LOADS |
|
PERISHABLE TRAFFIC CUTOFF
FROM INDIANA HARBOR BELT |
| 9.15 AM |
| 8.15 PM |
| APPROXIMATELY 60,000 CAR
LOADS OF PERISHABLE TRAFFIC EASTBOUND - 1955. |
| APPROXIMATELY 25,000 CAR
LOADS OF PERISHABLE TRAFFIC WESTBOUND - 1955. |
| COLEHOUR |
| MP. 454.3 CHICAGO DIVISION (FORT WAYNE) |
| COLEHOUR YARD - HANDLES ALL TRAFFIC THE INDUSTRIAL AREA, SOUTH
CHICAGO, CALUMET, HAMMOND, EAST CHICAGO, WHITING, INDIANA HARBOR, GARY AND
FOR THE CALUMET WESTERN, CALUMET RIVER RAILWAYS AREA. |
| EFFECTS INTERCHANGE WITH THE BELT RAILWAY CLEARING YARD AND SOUTH
CHICAGO YARD, CRI&P SOUTH CHICAGO YARD, INDIANA HARBOR BELT MICHIGAN
AVENUE YARD, EJ&E CLARKE FOR THE GARY AREA, B&OCT EAST CHICAGO, C&CR
AT HEGEWISCH, CHICAGO SHORT LINE, CWP&S RY. AND THE NYC VIA COLEHOUR. |
|
COLEHOUR
YARD |
|
38 TRACKS - CAPACITY 1,743 CARS |
| DESCRIPTION |
NUMBER OF TRACKS |
CAR CAPACITY |
| CLASSIFICATION AND RECEIVING |
30 |
1,536 |
| STORAGE |
5 |
95 |
| SCRAP STORAGE |
1 |
42 |
| REPAIR |
2 |
70 |
| FACILITIES: |
| REPAIR, BOTH
RUNNING AND SHOP |
| FLAT SWITCHING AT
BOTH ENDS |
| DAILY AVERAGE
CARS HANDLED 3,304 (1947). |
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