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 Post subject: What roundhouse is this?
PostPosted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 4:52 pm 

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Five-stall, in the Chicago area, apparently still extant:

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/deta ... 0f70a113a8


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 Post subject: Re: What roundhouse is this?
PostPosted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:44 pm 

This is the home of the Maunfacturers Junction railroad. This common carrier railroad originally provided in-plant switching to the adjacent (and now demolished) Western Electric plant - once the largest single manufacturing facility in the world.

The MJ continues to operate today, as part of the shortline conglomerate Omnitrax. Its roster is composed of two SW-1's, one delivered new in 1948 and one former demonstrater purchased in 1950. Both are kept indoors when not in use, retain their golden-glow headlights and have paint schemes that emulate EMD styling.

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 Post subject: Re: What roundhouse is this?
PostPosted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:46 pm 

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Based on an examination of the aerial photos linked by the original page, and comparison with three Chicago maps, I'm guessing that this belongs, or belonged, to the Manufacturers Junction Railway, and probably dates to its opening in 1906. I have the line last operating with two SW1's. It sits in a hollow in Cicero, just a few feet northwest of where the MJ and Belt Railway of Chicago crosses the ex-CB&Q line to Cicero Yard and Aurora, at the eastern end of BNSF's Cicero Yard.


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 Post subject: Re: What roundhouse is this?
PostPosted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:29 pm 

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Note that the map on the page isn't exactly right - it shows an Interstate 50 going nearby, which is inaccurate - this location isn't near any of the Chicago interstates (if it is where I think it is).

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 Post subject: Re: What roundhouse is this?
PostPosted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:30 pm 

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That should be Illinois state route 50, which is Cicero Ave. Not a limited access highway by any means.

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