CRI&P 427 Shot From the 12th St. Bridge  Contributor's Pick!       
Notice the NYC container operation to the right. They are not containers in today's sense. As you can see they are semi-trailers and can't be stacked. I'm sure the wheels had to be removed to fit under bridges and through tunnels. Note each has a NYC logo which probably means they are captive. They seem to be being unloaded/loaded at the fright house in the background. Anyhow, I bet any railroad would love today to have a contained facility this closes to the Loop and North Michigan Ave. Unfortunately I can't improve the picture quality anymore (cheap film and processing on a teenager's budget) and that the cat tails hang across the RI locos.
Date: 5/13/1964 Location: Chicago, IL   Map Show Chicago on a rail map Views: 2285 Collection Of:   Marty Bernard
Locomotives: CRIP 427(BL2)    Author:  Marty Bernard
CRI&P 427 Shot From the 12th St. Bridge
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Name Type Comments Date
Tim Huemmer General Interesting NYC Container train working on the left 2/19/2007 3:29:05 PM
Bob Lalich General The NYC containers were part of their Flexi-van service. 1/21/2008 8:18:57 AM
Chris Lubinski General No apologies needed! This is a great photo! 9/12/2014 1:58:09 AM

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