2. Garfield, Graham. Chicago is, as one writer put it, a “city of travelers.”1 The city’s sheer sprawl made that moniker inevitable. Garfield, Graham. Though planned many years earlier, in 1950, CTA completed constructing a rail junction — called the Evergreen Junction, as it was just to the east of Evergreen Avenue — to permit trains to be routed either into the Milwaukee-Dearborn Subway or via the Paulina elevated.29 To accommodate this alternative routing, an additional inbound and outbound set of elevated tracks had to be constructed. Note that there are two parallel spans of elevated trackage. Left: This photo taken on June 24, 1961 illustrates some of the infrastructure discussed above, including the then-disused Logan Square elevated tracks passing over the abandoned Lake Street Transfer station (left), and the tracks added in 1954 to make the connection to the Lake Street Line (right). Garfield, “Humboldt Park.” During World War II, Union Station was at its busiest, handling as many as 300 trains and 100,000 passengers daily; many of … Incidentally, the brown and orange 4000-series train shown here was specially assigned to the Democratic National Convention, which was happening in Chicago at the time. 8 May 2011. Ibid. This is because in April 1948 CTA implemented its first major service revision to the rail system on the Lake Street Line, which included a swath of station closures. 46. Note that the severed girder is directly aligned with the old CRT building, evidencing the elevated structure’s former right-of-way. The extant building discussed in the left image can be seen here on the north side of the station. Ibid. The line extended from Chicago, on trackage which now leads to the Union Pacific Global 1 yard, and then followed a line immediately north of where the current Forest Park CTA station is today, paralleling the Chicago Aurora & Elgin Interurban Railroad, which itself is abandoned. is adjacent to the old Golden Lion Room, however it was less elegant - the “tied houses” that Schlitz was building, California Avenue & Eisenhower Expressway, “Chicago ‘L’.org: History – The Original ‘L’ Lines.”, “Chicago ‘L’.org: History – Unification.”, “Chicago ‘L’.org: Operations – Lines –> Humboldt Park.”, “Chicago ‘L’.org: Operations – Lines –> Lake Branch.”, “Chicago ‘L’.org: Towers & Junctions – Evergreen Junction.”, “Chicago ‘L’.org: Operations – Lines –> Milwaukee-Dearborn Subway.”, “Chicago ‘L’.org: Towers & Junctions – Washington Junction.”, “Chicago ‘L’.org: Operations – Lines –> Cermak Branch.”, “Chicago ‘L’.org: Operations – Lines –> Paulina Connector.”, “Chicago ‘L’.org: Stations – Wells Street Terminal.”, “Chicago ‘L’.org: Operations – Lines –> Stock Yards.”, “Chicago ‘L’.org: Stations -Conservatory.”, “Chicago ‘L’.org: History – The CTA Takes Over (1947-1970).”, Webinar on Tuesday, October 20, 2020: Restoring Abandoned Railroad Lines II, Logan Square Branch (between Lake & Evergreen), South Side Rapid Transit, Kenwood Branch (Green Line), South Side Rapid Transit, Englewood Branch (Green Line). The final half-mile stub of the Humboldt Park Branch’s elevated structure between Western and Damen Junction was not removed until July 1961.44. Garfield, “The Original ‘L’ Lines”; Krambles 21. Tabern (right) in the Fred Harvey Lunchroom, The "foot print" of the old Fred Harvey lunch counter can still be seen today, A historical photo of the Red Lion Fred Harvey Lunch Room area; this was taken from the balcony area seen in the modern photo, Karri Cox walks through part of the old Fred Harvey lunch counter space at Chicago Union Station, as its seen today, The lunch counter area still has serious burn damage from a fire that broke out inside the station in 1980, Bob Cox, Derrick James, and Dave Poole explore around the former women's lounge area of Union Station, A view of the historic columns and murals inside the former women's lounge at Chicago Union Station, A view of the historic ceiling tiles inside the former women's lounge at Chicago Union Station, A wave pattern painted on the inside of the old women's lounge can also be seen outside on the stonework of the main Great Hall, An old drinking fountain, located inside the old women's lounge of Chicago Union Station, Old elevators lead to Amtrak's modern office area of Chicago Union Station, The entrance area to Amtrak's offices; note the old benches from the Great Hall, Amtrak's logo and a model train in the Chicago offices, The original exterior doors to Chicago Union Station are on display in the new office area, A collection of posters highlights Amtrak's long-distance trains, Employees can eat their lunches in this area, which overlooks the Great Hall, Kandace Tabern (left) and Karri Cox (right) pose for a picture on the overlook area of the Great Hall, This vacant area is expected to be the new home of Chicago's Metropolitan Lounge, slated for an opening in Summer 2016, APRHF volunteers Craig Wright, Kathy Bruecker, and Dave Poole explore the basement area of Chicago Union Station, Luggage carts are being loaded for the afternoon long-distance western trains in the basement of Union Station, APRHF volunteers Craig Wright walks down the "secret" steam tunnel in the lower level of Chicago Union Station, Kandace Tabern and Robert Neil walk up an abandoned stairwell to access the mail platforms, An abandoned mail platform; note the hand-written 'arrivals' schedule - it obviously pre-dates Amtrak with the railroads listed, Another old arrival/departures board on the abandoned mail platforms, An un-used U.S.P.S. Print. But by the 1880s, the first Union Station had outlived its usefulness, and a new station was commissioned.
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