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November 1942. "Track crews repairing tracks in the roundhouse at the Illinois Central rail yard, Chicago." Photo by Jack Delano for the OWI. View full size.
Which roundhouse was this? Did IC have any others in Chicago besides 27th Street?
The tenders poking out of the roundhouse all belong to IC 2500-class 4-8-2 "Mountain" types. These locomotives were built in IC's own shops, re-using the boilers of some earlier Lima-built 2-10-2 types. Capable in either freight or passenger service, they lasted until the end of steam on IC. Here's a good look at one:
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