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The Last Day

On January 20th, 1963, the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad, aka the North Shore Line, an interurban running between Chicago and Milwaukee ran its last train. The next day, the North Shore was officially abandoned.

Saturday, January 21st, 2023 marked the 60th anniversary of the abandonment of the North Shore. To commemorate this, the Illinois Railway Museum held a special "North Shore Line Day" event at its campus in Union, IL. Not only was this a rare winter event held at IRM, but it also officially kicked off the museum's 70th anniversary. Many of the museum's North Shore artifacts were on display this day, including the famous Electroliner. They also had replica signage that signaled the end of the North Shore spread all about the museum. Seen here is a replica of a hand-written sign that was hung at the North Shore terminal in Milwaukee.

Making this scene more significant is the ticket window itself, which was once part of the ticket booth in the Milwaukee terminal. Built in 1920, this ticket window was in place on that fateful day in 1963. According to the placard seen out of frame on the upper right, "This ticket window set was a section from the North Shore Line’s ticket booth in its Milwaukee terminal. Forming an octagonal island in the station’s waiting room, passengers would purchase tickets to ride the interurban south towards Chicago. The ticket booth survived up until the railroad abandoned operation, closing the Milwaukee terminal in 1963."

Of all the artifacts on display this day, to me this sign and its placement might be the most poignant. Photographer John Gruber captured the original sign and the mood that day in this photo posted on Facebook by the Center for Railroad Photography and Art. It was this mood that I was hoping to replicate.

www.facebook.com/railphotoart/photos/pcb.5745206272182230...

Incidentally, Gruber also captured the original ticket booth as it looked in its octagonal form back in 1961.

www.flickr.com/photos/railphotoart/44532200304/

Taken in: United States / Illinois / Coral Township / Union (show map)

Taken on: January 21, 2023

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Camera: Canon EOS 6D, f/5.0, 1/60 sec, 17mm, ISO 2000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 6D
Lens:	EF17-40mm f/4L USM
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length:	17mm
ISO:	2000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12.1 (Windows)
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