CP Rail Works Its Way North in Dec. 2005 to Peerless Confectionery in Chicago-WITH SOUND THIS TIME! 

I worked this job a few times as a Soo Line employee. Once when I was a student engineer in 1995, we were headed to Peerless Candy (as we called it) to exchange a load for an empty. As we slowly worked our way north with our one car train, we came up on a row of about ten plastic trash bins that belonged to the residents of the relatively new townhomes next to the tracks. Since the tracks are in the street, the bins were pretty much just off from the west rail or the tracks, but still in the way. I slowed the GP9 locomotive down expecting the conductor riding on the right front side of the engine to stop me and get off to move the containers. Instead, he looked back at me and yelled out somewhat angrily, "don't slow down, we're going bowling for dollars!" So, I opened the throttle a notch and we literally knocked down each of them and spilled much of their contents on the street. Then, after spotting Peerless (and getting a free, large bag of hard candy) we came back to find the containers neatly lined up again in the same places, but empty (apparently, the City of Chicago garbage truck came through). Once again we went bowling for dollars. Admittedly, it was a bit fun knocking the "pins" down both going to Peerless and coming back.

We've lost so much. When I was younger in the late 90's early 2,000's I remember going by Morton Salt and watching them switch out the scrap yard with gondolas as well as Morton Salt. Then they would go down by the steel mill down the street and cross over using the turn bridge to do the switching over here in this video. All of it is gone now the salt yard, scrap yard, and the factory in this video are all gone out of business. Glad I was able to enjoy it when I could I even got to ride in one of the GP 15-1 UnionPacific's for a few days while the engineer and conductor switched out cars at Morton Salt and the scrapyard that was fun.

I loved how that one suv was in the way and it had to have the train horn blow to make it get the hell out of the way

This is amazing. So many memories. My mom used to work at Peerless for so many years.

I remember this so well. At the time I lived on the Southside, but worked North. Now I live less than half a mile from here.

@ 6:30... the fringe benefits of having a customer that makes something you can readily use... nice to get a free box of candy lol

Great upload. Thanx. My father worked at Peerless and he actually had the task of unloading the syrup from trains. Too bad he's not in this video.

Thanks for posting! Great work.

My dad worked at peerless confectionery for 45 years It’s torn down now we live that right wooden receive moved out in 1977 moved to Logan Square I could still smell the candy it will come on his clothes

To bad Lincolnpark was rapldy Gentrifying by the late 1980s by 2005 tracks were still in use now 2021 Finkl steel Etc factories along Clybourn ave and tge Chicago river have been Leveled for the upcoming Lincoln yards Disappoints me seeing it go General Iron was the most recent to shutter its Clybourn Ave Facility 12/31/20

What on earth was that white SUV doing?!