{"id":4446,"date":"2013-11-09T05:28:50","date_gmt":"2013-11-09T10:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=4446"},"modified":"2013-11-03T11:57:36","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T16:57:36","slug":"daily-post-belt-railway-of-chicago-1995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/daily-post-belt-railway-of-chicago-1995\/","title":{"rendered":"DAILY POST: Belt Railway of Chicago, 1995"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOn Location with Alcos.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Belt<\/a>
Belt Railway of Chicago Alco C-424s work the KCBX bulk commodity trans-loading facility in Chicago on July 2, 1995. Exposed with a Nikkormat FT3 on Kodachrome 200 slide film.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In early July 1995, Sean Graham-White and I spent several days working with the Belt Railway of Chicago for an article on Clearing Yard for Pacific RailNews.<\/p>\n

At the time, I was PRN\u2019s Associate Editor and Sean was among our regular contributors.<\/p>\n

Sean had organized with the railroad for us to interview employees and make photographs. BRC assigned an Assistant Yardmaster to drive us around and provide introductions.<\/p>\n

\"Belt<\/a>
Belt Railway of Chicago Alco C-424s work the KCBX bulk commodity trans-loading facility in Chicago on July 2, 1995. Exposed with a Nikkormat FT3 on Kodachrome 200 slide film.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Among the facilities we toured was the KCBX Terminal (a bulk commodity trans-loading facility for barges) that was routinely served by a BRC local.<\/p>\n

On July 2, 1995, the local was worked by a pair of BRC\u2019s vintage Alco C-424 diesels. These locomotives were very popular with railway enthusiasts, but could be a bit elusive and hard to find running, unless one was very familiar with Chicago-land operations.<\/p>\n

I made a number of images of the Alcos and the facility, but most of these did not run in the magazine article, which instead focused on BRC’s Clearing Yard rather than the Alcos or the KCBX terminal.<\/p>\n

\"BRC's<\/a>
BRC’s Alco C-424s near the KCBX terminal in Chicago on July 2, 1995. Nikkormat FT3 with Kodachrome 200 slide film.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Belt<\/a>
Belt Railway of Chicago Alco C-424s near the KCBX terminal in Chicago on July 2, 1995. Exposed with a Nikkormat FT3 on Kodachrome 200 slide film.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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