Glenwood
to Chicago Heights - B&O Chicago Terminal
Thanks
to Bob Huffman for the photo and much of the information on this page.
This bridge is in Glenwood, IL on the former Baltimore & Ohio Chicago
Terminal (later CSX), a switching line south of Chicago. This line was likely
abandoned when CSX obtained trackage rights on the parallel Union Pacific (which
was originally the Chicago & Eastern Illinois and later the Missouri Pacific).
Photo from January 2004.
The Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal was a switching road in the Chicago
area that was absorbed into CSX in the 1980s. While some segments are
still in service, this segment was likely abandoned in the 1980s after the CSX
merger/consolidation. The right of way in this area will eventually be
incorporated into the American Discovery (bicycle) Trail.