Avenue, and the Armour and Company plant. The Stock Yards branch had its origins in the Union Stock Yards and Transit Company, a freight line built in...
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The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in Chicago for more than a century, starting in 1865. The district was formed...
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Main Line and Stock Yards branch. It ran eastward along two tracks to a terminal at 42nd Place and Oakenwald Avenue in Kenwood. A storage yard was located...
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Red Line (CTA) (redirect from 120th Yard)
yards for the Red Line cars: Howard Yard, for the northern portion of the line and the 98th Yard for the southern portion of the line. Another yard,...
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Rock Island District (section Beverly branch)
to Joliet, bypassing the suburban branch entirely. Local trains run as well, making all stops on the suburban branch and terminating at Blue Island-Vermont...
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demolished. The Englewood branch was opened in 1905, followed by the Kenwood and Normal Park branches in 1907, and the Stock Yards branch in 1908. Today, only...
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Exchange was a station on the Chicago "L"'s Stock Yards branch. Its ridership information is missing in 1947, but returned as Racine in 1948. CTA 1979...
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Several stations closed on the "L" during 1948. Exchange station on the Stock Yards branch discontinued statistics after 1946, but adjacent Racine station began...
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and Navigation Company. April 8 – The Chicago "L" Stock Yards branch serving the Union Stock Yards is opened. April 20 – A rear-end collision in Melbourne...
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Green Line (CTA) (section Ashland branch)
Park, Kenwood and Stock Yards branches of the South Side "L" between 1905 and 1908. Of these, only the Englewood and Jackson Park branches remain: because...
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station on the Chicago "L" Stock Yards branch is closed. May 4 – Service is discontinued on the Chicago "L" Humboldt Park branch. July 6 – The last tram...
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South Side Elevated Railroad (section Branches)
downtown Chicago to Jackson Park, with branches to Englewood, Normal Park, Kenwood, and the Union Stock Yards. The first 3.6 miles (5.8 km) of the line...
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Depot in Sydney is closed. October 6 – The Chicago "L" Stock Yards branch serving Union Stock Yards is closed. October 21 – Two trains collide in Turkey;...
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Several stations closed on the "L" during 1948. Exchange station on the Stock Yards branch discontinued statistics after 1946, but adjacent Racine station began...
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carried out. Of these yards, rolling stock are assigned to seven A Division yards and seven B Division yards. Within the yards are 14 maintenance facilities...
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Several stations closed on the "L" during 1948. Exchange station on the Stock Yards branch discontinued statistics after 1946, but adjacent Racine station began...
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Several stations closed on the "L" during 1948. Exchange station on the Stock Yards branch discontinued statistics after 1946, but adjacent Racine station began...
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Several stations closed on the "L" during 1948. Exchange station on the Stock Yards branch discontinued statistics after 1946, but adjacent Racine station began...
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charters — a branch from the main line at 74th Street, west and north to the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway at Cragin, a branch from 87th Street...
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Damen station (CTA Green Line) (redirect from Damen station (CTA Lake branch))
Westchester branches were permanently unmanned and thus did not collect ridership statistics. Exchange station on the Stock Yards branch lacked statistics...
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Branch (Farrington to Peoria) Highland Mill Branch (Highland) Troy Branch (Collinsville to Troy) Stock Yards Branch (East St. Louis, IL) Main Line (Columbus...
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transfer station from the Englewood-Jackson Park Line to the Stock Yards and Kenwood branches of the CTA. Indiana is one of only two remaining 'L' stations...
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Several stations closed on the "L" during 1948. Exchange station on the Stock Yards branch discontinued statistics after 1946, but adjacent Racine station began...
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East Side Access (redirect from Arch Street Yards)
yards. The MTA expanded the rail yard along the Main Line/Ronkonkoma Branch next to Ronkonkoma station, increasing the number of tracks in the yard from...
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Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad (redirect from Philadelphia Branch)
Delaware Branch Snyder Avenue Branch Point Breeze Branch Stock Yard Branch Oregon Avenue Extension from East Side Junction to wharves and yards along the...
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Several stations closed on the "L" during 1948. Exchange station on the Stock Yards branch lacked statistics for 1947 but returned in 1948. Polk Directory, p...
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Westchester branches were permanently unstaffed and thus did not collect ridership statistics. Exchange station on the Stock Yards branch discontinued...
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Several stations closed on the "L" during 1948. Exchange station on the Stock Yards branch lacked statistics for 1947 but returned in 1948. Garfield, Graham...
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