Taken three miles west of State Street at Western Avenue Interlocking where the Milwaukee Road tracks from Union Station turn to the north and in the process cross the CNW tracks from its downtown station. Note the double-slip switches and the different signal heads for each road. #49 had an outbound train while #54 was inbound and had just left the interlocking plant. The tall white building in the background was the Standard Oil Building (Big Stan) a couple blocks east of State Street. Big Stan is now called the Aon Center but remains the third tallest building in the United States. |
Date:
8/18/1982 |
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Chicago, IL Map ![Show Chicago on a rail map](/images/map_us.gif) |
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This picture is part of album: Railfan44's Milwaukee Road Shots |