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The section of the Belt Railway west of Belt crossing is as busy or even busier than the section just shown east of the crossing. In the scene above, train CC-1, bound for Kankakee, is pulling out on this part of the Belt for the trip around town,…

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Whether or not a person is readily fascinated by the steam locomotive, he is more apt to be impressed by a cluster of these dirty brutes around a roundhouse than by an equal number of diesels at a service station. Indeed, he is compelled to be…

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Leota street divides the coal dock and storage area of the engine terminal at Shelby Street from the rest of the facilities - the water plugs, ash pits, machine shop, power house, turntable, and the roundhouse itself. Except where it is crossed by…

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The Brightwood engine terminal, pictured here, is a prime example of the revolutionary changes in physical plant and manpower requirements brought about by the substitution of diesel for steam power. Brightwood "roundhouse", as the place is still…

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ang fireman's side orig B4 #7412

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