Working rail roads and their tracks.

[Hay Dude]

Me.
Art Institute of Chicago
The Field Museum of Natural History
Museum of Science and Industry
Shedd Aquarium
Adler Planetarium
Navy Pier
Architecture River Cruise
Wrigley Field
The Chicago river walk
The Lake Michigan shore walk
Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago Cultural Center
Too many things to list.

Wear your bullet proof vest and good luck to ya!

 

[MoKelly]

You look at the standings today, the Cubs are in first place. Only by a 1/2 game though.

Yep - but the old saying is standings aren’t important until Labor Day.

It’s a very long season.

MoKelly

 

[bcp]

Who wants to go to Chicago? Lol

It also runs FROM Chicago.



Bruce

 

[BravoXray]

Didn't the South Shore get some funds to double track a stretch of the route?

I rode the SS a couple of times with my parents many years ago to go to Museum of Science and Industry and the Field Museum.

I flew into Meigs Field a few times too. The Aquarium is right there, and a few good restaurants were close too.
Then that bastard Daley shut it down and tore out the runway. I'm still pissed about that.

 

[MossRoad]

Didn't the South Shore get some funds to double track a stretch of the route?

I rode the SS a couple of times with my parents many years ago to go to Museum of Science and Industry and the Field Museum.

I flew into Meigs Field a few times too. The Aquarium is right there, and a few good restaurants were close too.
Then that bastard Daley shut it down and tore out the runway. I'm still pissed about that.

Most of it is double track from Chicago to just east of Gary. They want to double track it from Gary to Michigan City to improve travel time. It will remain single track from Michigan City to South Bend.

Small problem, though. The experts estimated the cost of the project and the bids came in 75% higher than the estimates. So back to the drawing board.

Bids for South Shore Double Track project rejected

The bids were substantially higher than anticipated, with the low bid 75% higher than the estimate of approximately $228.6 million.

www.nwitimes.com

Project Map

Double Track Project Map

www.doubletrack-nwi.com

 

[MossRoad]

As for Meigs field, yikes! Bulldozed at midnight illegally. Wow.

Meigs Field - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I knew several people that died after taking off from Meigs Field. One crashed in Lake Michigan trying to fly under the scud VS waiting for an instrument flight plan. They went too low and hit the water. Sad thing was, when they found the wreckage, the door was open and the life preservers were missing. They survived the crash, but died of hypothermia, from what I remember. The bodies washed up on the shores weeks later.

 

[Hay Dude]

Didn't the South Shore get some funds to double track a stretch of the route?

I rode the SS a couple of times with my parents many years ago to go to Museum of Science and Industry and the Field Museum.

I flew into Meigs Field a few times too. The Aquarium is right there, and a few good restaurants were close too.
Then that bastard Daley shut it down and tore out the runway. I'm still pissed about that.

Crazy that he bulldozed the runway in one night, in violation of FAA rules.

 

[MossRoad]

Crazy that he bulldozed the runway in one night, in violation of FAA rules.

Only cost Chicago $33,000 in fines, so it was worth it to him.

 

[Hay Dude]

Most of it is double track from Chicago to just east of Gary. They want to double track it from Gary to Michigan City to improve travel time. It will remain single track from Michigan City to South Bend.

Small problem, though. The experts estimated the cost of the project and the bids came in 75% higher than the estimates. So back to the drawing board.

Bids for South Shore Double Track project rejected

The bids were substantially higher than anticipated, with the low bid 75% higher than the estimate of approximately $228.6 million.

www.nwitimes.com

Project Map

Double Track Project Map

www.doubletrack-nwi.com

Makes you wonder about the 100’s of billions, if not trillions, in cost over runs that will be paid on transportation/infrastructure projects you hear being proposed.

 

[ArlyA]

This is all I have seen - looks like maybe in August.
Union Pacific Steam Schedule

Anyone else interested in seeing the BIG boy in August or this fall?? If they go anywhere near us, we will!