Kankakee, IL: Steam Driver Wheel Lathe

Dale Burkhalter posted

Dale's comment:

Frank Leroy "Happy" Burkhalter, machinist, at wheel lathe, Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad (Kankakee Line) engine shop at Kankakee, Illinois. My grandfather. Later became Round House Foreman at Kankakee.

Justin Gillespie Where in Kankakee was this shop/roundhouse?

Dale Burkhalter The Three I had a roundhouse Between Entrance Ave. and the Illinois Central tracks. The Big 4 roundhouse was on North Greenwood Ave. The Big 4 roundhouse was used by the New York Central. Not sure if the shop was near either one. At the time this picture was taken, Frank worked for the Chicago, Indiana and Southern, a railroad that was before the New York Central took over.

"Three I" is the Indiana, Illinois, &  Iowa, and it was part of the corporate linage of the CI&S, Kankakee Belt, and NYC.

Update: see several more wheel lathes.