Photo: Freight Cars In A Chicago Yard (1941)
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Photo: Freight Cars In A Chicago Yard (1941) Photo from the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/resource/fsa.8a32941/ Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. The paired tracks and spacing between them leads me to conclude these tracks go to a team track area. Just a guess. Alternative explanations? Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Apparently a 35 mm negative, from the perforations along the edge. Still, downloading a bigger scan is helpful. Lots of fun variety visible. I like the Q car with the slogan on the car side instead of the door. There is a Rock Island USRA rebuild in the long row of boxcars, too.
Steve Hile
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Bob Chaparro via groups.io
Photo: Freight Cars In A Chicago Yard (1941) Photo from the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/resource/fsa.8a32941/ Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. The paired tracks and spacing between them leads me to conclude these tracks go to a team track area. Just a guess. Alternative explanations? Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Seth Lakin
Bob, this photo is shot at Illinois Central/New York Central’s South Water street terminal on Chicago. Yes those curving tracks were team tracks. The Chicago River is just off frame to the right, while Lake Michigan is a couple hundred feet behind the photographer. Today, most of this area is under street level, with skyscrapers and the north end of Grant Park built over this area.
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