Chicago, IL Depot: PRR(Panhandle) West Pullman Station

(Satellite)
The Chicago and Great Eastern Railway was that part of the Pennsy's Panhandle route that built the Panhandle's access to Chicago.

Steve S Czajkowski posted
Looking southeast from 119th St . at the PRR Panhandle's West Pullman passenger station. Any idea when the passenger trains ended on this line ?

Bob Lalich Most Panhandle trains used the SC&S from Bernice Jct as soon as it was built in the 1880s, but a few retained the original routing into the north end of the depot. IIRC, the old routing was eliminated by the 1920s - maybe during the USRA period. I'll check a few sources.
David Schnell 1927
Paul Petraitis That station was originally called Sharpshooter's Park station to serve the beer drinking patrons of this "German Pleasure Ground" (1869-1891)
Ric Radick grew up there,.. know that intersection and crossing very well,.. long gone now.. every thing down there was black with soot,smoke, and coal in the 1950's and 1960's..... plenty of diesel and fuel oil smells,too.. haha.

Steve S Czajkowski commented on his posting
Steve S Czajkowski Another view of the West Pullman Station 1908 , my old neighborhood .

A colorized version of the above.

Mark Adler posted
Daniel Bovino posted "This is a 1908 post card showing the old Pennsylvania passenger depot in West Pullman. The Pennsylvania (or the Panhandle line) ran southeast from the freight yards in Chicago, through Beverly, then West Pullman, Riverdale, Dolton, Lansing, Munster, Shererville, and Crown Point Indiana.
It's all gone now. These tracks were abandoned in 1985. The depot probably has been gone for at least 90 years. The old right-of-way shown in this photo is now part of the Major Taylor Bicycle Path. Southeast of here the path becomes the Pennsy Greenway. It is scheduled to connect all the way to Crown Point by the end of this summer."

1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP
Some of the industrial buildings on the left are the east part of International Harvester's Plano Works. In the lower-right corner is the West Pullman Junction.
Dennis DeBruler commented on Steve S Czajkowski's posting
So the depot is the "red building" and the watchtower is the "blue building?" I'm sure glad that social media allows us to learn from those who have actually SEEN the tracks and buildings. Or would the depot have been torn down by 1938? The building in the aerial does not look as big as the one in the photo. If that is the depot, the platform covers have been removed.
Steve S Czajkowski The depot was gone by 1938 and would have been between the blue and red box ,and the watchtower across 119th St. above the blue box .
Dennis DeBrulerYou and 1 other manage the membership, moderators, settings, and posts for Chicago Railroad Historians. Steve S Czajkowski Thanks for the update. I'm used to steam infrastructure still existing in 1938. I've learned that I can't assume that passenger infrastructure still exists in 1938.

Today the Panhandle is a utility corridor and trail, and the depot has become a clump of trees.

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