The Chicago Terminal Crosses over the Chicago River on its old Milwaukee Road swing bridge. Canon EOS 60D Canon 17-40L

ILSX900 SW8 working for the Chicago Terminal Railroad, finished with its' work, puffs out a little smoke at it throttles up and pulls the full gondolas back toward the swing bridge.

Traffic jam! The train sat blocking Cortland Street for several minutes while a switch was thrown, and once the train retreated, the vehicular floodgates were opened.

Further down the line the crew works to "throw the switch" to drop off a boxcar for their test run. This, however, is an especially difficult task because the switch levers were removed long ago.... (more)

CP's Kingsbury job crawls over the ancient swing bridge toward the Kingsbury Line and eventually Goose Island.

Big city = Big shaddows