train tracks at Lakewood and Schubert.
i used to live on fullerton and green view. every day, i would walk to the train at Sheffield. around Wayne, i would pass the Lakeshore Athletic Club and cross over these ancient tracks in the road. i also used to drive over them all the damn time. every once and a while, there would be a sign out at the club saying that you can't park on this side of the parking lot because it's Train Day. wtf? do those tracks actually work?
enter the invention of Google maps.
i think it used to be a freighter line from Goose Island to Wilson Yard. how cool is that???
tracks through the fence. there are two sets of tracks.
train tracks end in a parking lot at Wrightwood and Lakewood.
this is the exact parking lot from which i took the above picture. this was taken 23 August 2008 by Chicago Switching.
i think this is the same ride as above, but taken by a different photographer. click on the link and go to this guy's flickr page. the comments are full of information.
from flickr, jatherton's photostream. these are the signs the athletic club used to post. i never knew what they meant.
taken by Mark 2400 on flickr in 1999.
this is what i remember from my running route around the 'hood. the black train car, which i guess is full of corn syrup or some such goodness.
here is the syrup car. :)
from Mark LLanuza's photostream. again, look at the comments section for cool info.
Freight information from Chicago-l.org
chicago-l.org info on Wilson Yard
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