Legacy of the Chicago Great Western Part 3

            I work right across the street from the St. Charles Industrial Spur, which contains one of the two active segments of the former Chicago Great Western mainline in Illinois.  A few decades back a connection was built along to west side of the DuPage Airport from the former Chicago Northwestern Yard (now Union Pacific) in West Chicago to what was the CGW main a few miles to the north to serve the industrial park on the southeast side of St. Charles.  Now known as the St. Charles Industrial Spur, this line sees activity at least 3 days a week by the best I can figure.  I can here the trains go buy, but I rarely get to see them since they work the line in the mid-afternoon, a few hours before I get out for the day.  But on this day, they worked late, and since it was a Friday, I decided I'd follow for a few shots.

Having just crossed Ohio St., the train is shoving uphill to the siding that sits alongside Larsen Packaging.  It will shove the hopper car it's towing into the one already in the siding, tie it on and lock it down, before cutting off and calling it a day.

Taken in: United States / Illinois / Surrey Woods (show map)

Taken on: April 8, 2022

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Camera: Canon EOS REBEL SL1, f/6.3, 1/400 sec, 118mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

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Aperture:	f/6.3
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Focal Length:	118mm
ISO:	800
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Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
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Color Space:	sRGB
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