Norfolk Southern, PRR Signals, and CTA Red Line at 63rd Street

[elirosen1391]

PRR went all the way into Chicago? I never knew that!

[Nachtwolf1]

@elirosen1391 Absolutely! The Pennsy was a major, major player in Chicago. All the trackage into the north side of Chicago's Union Station was Pennsy's, via their "Panhandle" main line (now abandoned except for a few small bits). Crack passenger trains competed with the New York Central for Chicago-NY traffic, and PRR was a major carrier of freight into and out of Chicago. Chicago wouldn't have turned out the same as it is today without the Pennsylvania Railroad!

[elirosen1391]

@Nachtwolf1 Wow. Now I see. Thank you for the history lesson.

[Nachtwolf1]

@elirosen1391 Haha no worries!

[quimbyt]

There is a flashing blue light by that signal bridge, is that one of Mr Daley's spy cameras ?

[Nachtwolf1]

@quimbyt Yep, it's looking at the intersection of 63rd and the northbound onramp to the Dan Ryan.

[EaiteRandjamee]

Wow, a lot of things going on all at once here.