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Sometime during the teens or 20's, the New York, Chicago & St.L. RR built a bridge over the top of the IC at 79th Street. There were 3 levels of bridges with this bridge crossing over the top of the IC which was over the top of E. 79th Street. This was part of the IC track elevations from Chica...

See my reply in the fallen trolley and interurban lines forum.

I'm looking for information on the B&O (later the B&OCT)'s Brookdale Branch on the south side of Chicago (constructed prior to 1900) which ran from roughly 95th & Baltimore to 70th & Kenwood. From that point north the B&O had a connection to and trackage rights on the Illinois Ce...

There is a fragment of the right-of-way visible in Harvey, Illinois along and west of IL Route 1 (Halsted St.). Starting near 164th & Lathrop (41.59184,-87.641022), it runs southeast to Halsted St., then south along Halsted to 168th Pl. (41.583888,-87.636648). The raised roadbed is clearly visib...