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Chicago River: Locale: Chicago: Official name: Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge #458 Canal Street Railroad Bridge: Other name(s) 21st Street Bridge: Owner: Amtrak [1] Heritage status: Chicago Landmark: Characteristics; Design: vertical-lift bridge: Longest span: 272.8 feet (83.1 m) [2] Rail characteristics; No. of tracks: 2: History; Designer ...
The Chicago Sun-Times, the last railroad customer to the east of the bridge, moved their printing plant out of downtown Chicago in 2000, and the bridge has been unused since. It was designated a Chicago Landmark in 2007. The bridge is lowered once a year and inspected by crew driving a Hi-Rail truck, and is still in "active" status. [2] [3]
Illegally hopping a ride on a private freight car began with the invention of the train. In the United States , freighthopping became a common means of transportation following the American Civil War as the railroads began pushing westward, especially among migrant workers who became known as " hobos ".
When it opened in 1902, on Chicago's north side, it was the first such bridge built in the United States. The bridge was a major advance in American movable bridge engineering, and was the prototype for over 50 additional bridges in Chicago alone. [5] The bridge was designated as an ASCE Civil Engineering Landmark in 1981, and a Chicago ...
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Train surfers climb onto a high-speed Velaro RUS "Sapsan" electric multiple unit train. Train surfing is a common and usual way to ride trains in countries such as Bangladesh and South Africa, where this type of riding by trains is compelled due to the high population density and severe overcrowding of trains. This practice is a serious issue ...
Crews in Chicago have begun setting train tracks on fire in order to keep transit moving amid historically frigid temperatures throughout the Windy City.
The St. Charles Air Line Bridge is a Strauss Trunnion bascule bridge which spans the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois. Built as part of the St. Charles Air Line Railroad by the American Bridge Company in 1919, the bridge originally had a span of 260 feet (79 m). This bridge held the world record for longest bascule-type span until 1930, when ...