Bob Gile caught eastbound Train No. 2 as it crossed the
Chicago & North Western tracks at Merrillan late in the
afternoon on May 3,
1984.
Things were still in full swing on the Green Bay Route at this
time: the bridge across the Mississippi River was still open (it would
be closed the following year), and Train No. 2 was rushing freight from
western markets to the Lake Michigan carferry connection at Kewaunee,
Wis. Train No. 2 typically passed through Merrillan around noon;
evidently it was running quite late on this day.
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