Vautravers Track Straightening is Finished!*

For the YouTube video, click here: youtu.be/ub2B-PhbPAc

The new, straightened tracks opened sometime last month. And as close as southbound trains come to the Vautravers Building, it's a good thing train windows don't open, or there'd be more than a few arms chopped off.

Funny thing: *As you'll see in the YouTube video at 1:50, even though the tracks are straighter than they were, there's still a curve around the Vautravers Building, which was moved to accommodate the track straightening. Progress.

The old tracks have been mostly removed, but the rusted elevated structure still stands. And that lone concrete pillar just north of Belmont by the tracks... just turn it into a climbing wall, already!

Taken in: United States / Illinois / Chicago / Lake View (show map)

Taken on: December 30, 2023

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