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Looking toward the west yard of clearing yard, 1943. Aerial photograph of the yard. The Clearing Yard, located on the boundary between Chicago and Bedford Park, Illinois, just south of Chicago Midway International Airport directly adjacent to CSX Intermodal's Bedford Park terminal, is one of the largest hump classification facilities in the United States.
The area gets its name from the fact that farm goods from the area were "cleared" (delivered) through the airport and railroad yards. Clearing was first incorporated as a town in 1912, within the Township of Stickney. The Clearing area quickly became a part of Chicago in 1915 when the growing population needed services provided by the city. It ...
Burr Oak Yard (Iowa Interstate / Chicago Rail Link) California Ave Coach Yards (UP) Calumet Yard (NS) Clearing Yard (BRC, Hump Yard, Intermodal. Marshalling) Cicero Yard (BNSF, intermodal) Commercial Avenue Yard ; Corwith Yards (BNSF, Intermodal) East Joliet Yard (Elgin, Joliet & Eastern, now CN) Eola Yard (BNSF) Glenn Yard (CN) Global I (UP ...
CNW towerman R. W. Mayberry operates the retarders at Proviso Yard in Chicago, Illinois, May 1943. Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, United States, the world's largest classification yard, is a hump yard. Other large American hump yards include Argentine Yard in Kansas City, Kansas, Robert Young Yard in Elkhart, Indiana, Clearing Yard in ...
The 33-mile route runs from Joliet, Illinois to Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood, largely paralleling the route of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. [1] Union Pacific has trackage rights over the route, which meets the Union Pacific Joliet Subdivision at Joliet to reach Bloomington and St. Louis .
The Orange Line is a rapid transit line in Chicago, Illinois, operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as part of the Chicago "L" system. It is approximately 13 miles (21 km) long and runs on elevated and at grade tracks and serves the Southwest Side, running from the Loop to Midway International Airport. As of 2023, an average of 16,979 ...
The famous Illinois home featured in the 1990 Christmas classic first hit the market for $5.25 million in May 2024. ... Michael Jordan's Chicago Mansion Sells for $9.5 Million After 12 Years on ...
Interstate 490 (I-490), also known as the O'Hare West Bypass and Western O'Hare Beltway, is a six-mile (9.7 km) electronic toll highway and a beltway that is currently under construction near Chicago, Illinois; it will run along the west side of O'Hare International Airport. [1]