[PRCo] Question For Chicago Area List Members

[Herb Brannon]

Earlier this week I watched the weekly running, on NBC, of the drama
"Chicago Fire". The program is taped, live, in the city of Chicago. This
weeks episode was a re-run which I did watch several weeks ago. This second
time through it, rather than follow the action of the characters, I paid
close attention to what was going on in the background.

Normally, being taped in Chicago, all outdoor scenes are very "urban" in
nature. This episode had a scene where a commuter train came off the tracks
and caused lots of drama. This scene was not in an urban area however. It
was in a more open setting outside the city.

I noticed, in the background, single-arm bracket trolley overhead poles
along the side of a long building similar "in looks" to the TDB at PTM. The
building was kind of a neutral color with a red roof and was a considerable
distance in length. Some shots toward one end of that building gave a view
of the trolley wire on bracket arms giving way to regular span wires over
what could have been a yard area. There were several "vintage" railroad
freight cars parked on the tracks in that area.

The question is, where in Chicago is there an electric railroad using
regular trolley wire?

-- 
Herb Brannon


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