Old Burnside Yard

Old Burnside Yard (Chicago, Illinois) is a coach yard for suburban rail coaches, once owned by the Illinois Central Railroad.[1] Thomas Wilson was a locomotive engineer at the I.C.R.R. at Burnside, beginning in 1888.[2]

The site is now the location of Chicago State University.

References
  1. Freeman, William. Goss, Myrick. Smoke Abatement and Electrification of Railway Terminals. 1915. Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry. 532.
  2. Railroad Historical Company. 1900. History of the Illinois Central and Representative Employees. 475.

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