The north-west corner of Grand Central Station (facing Harrison Street) in July 1963. Notice the B&O advertising.

Grand Central Station was a passenger railroad terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois from 1890 to 1969. It was located in the south-western part of the Chicago Loop between West Harrison Street, South Wells Street, West Polk Street and the Chicago River. Grand Central Station was designed by architect Solon Spencer Beman for the Wisconsin Central Railroad, and was completed by the Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (4114x3184, 1099 KB) Chicagos Grand Central Station, taken July 1963 by Cervin Robinson. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (4114x3184, 1099 KB) Chicagos Grand Central Station, taken July 1963 by Cervin Robinson. ... 1876 map The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) is one of the oldest railroads in the United States, with an original line from the port of Baltimore, Maryland west to the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia and Parkersburg, West Virginia. ... Terminal Station was also the name of a railway station in Chattanooga, Tennessee; see Chattanooga Choo Choo. ... Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Official website: http://egov. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The Loop is what locals call the downtown neighborhood of Chicago. ... Downtown buildings line the Chicago River The Chicago River is 156 miles (251 km) long, and flows through downtown Chicago, Illinois. ... Solon Spencer Beman (1853-1914) was born in Brooklyn, New York. ... There were two Wisconsin Central railroads that ran through Wisconsin and neighboring states. ... The Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (AAR reporting mark BOCT) was a railroad in the Chicago area, giving various other companies access to Grand Central Station. ...

The station was built with the intention of its eventually becoming the eastern terminus for the transcontinental Northern Pacific Railway which was leasing the Wisconsin Central at the time of construction, and seeking access to the railway hub of Chicago. However the Northern Pacific bankrupcy of 1893 ended the plan. A transcontinental railroad is a railway that crosses a continent, typically from sea to sea. Terminals are at or connected to different Oceans. ... A Northern Pacific train travels over Bozeman Pass, June 1939. ...

Grand Central Station was eventually purchased by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which used the station as the Chicago terminus for its passenger rail service, including its glamorous Capitol Limited to Washington, DC. Major tenant railroads included the Soo Line Railroad, successor to the Wisconsin Central, the Chicago Great Western Railway, and the Pere Marquette Railroad. The station was eventually shuttered in 1969 and torn down in 1971. 1876 map The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) is one of the oldest railroads in the United States, with an original line from the port of Baltimore, Maryland west to the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia and Parkersburg, West Virginia. ... The Capitol Limited was a passenger train run by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, using the B&Os tracks between Union Station in Washington, DC and Grand Central Station in Chicago, Illinois via Pittsburgh. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Illinois railroads | Michigan railroads | Minnesota railroads | North Dakota railroads | South Dakota railroads | Wisconsin railroads ... The Chicago Great Western Railway (AAR reporting mark CGW) was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City. ... The Pere Marquette Railroad (AAR reporting mark: PM) was a railroad that operated in the Great Lakes region of the United States. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

Construction of Grand Central

In October 1889, a subsidiary of the Wisconsin Central Railroad (WC) began constructing a new passenger terminal at the southwest corner of Harrison Street and Wells Street (then called Fifth Avenue) in Chicago, to replace a temporary facility built nearby. The location of this new depot, along the south branch of the Chicago River, was selected to take advantage of the bustling passenger and freight market travelling on nearby Lake Michigan.^[1] 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... There were two Wisconsin Central railroads that ran through Wisconsin and neighboring states. ... Downtown buildings line the Chicago River The Chicago River is 156 miles (251 km) long, and flows through downtown Chicago, Illinois. ... Sunset on Lake Michigan Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ...

The waiting room of Grand Central Station had 26 foot (8 meter) ceilings; the floor was made of marble from Vermont.

The station was executed in the Norman Castellated architectural style by architect Solon S. Beman, who had gained notoriety as the designer of the Pullman company neighborhood. Constructed of brick, brownstone and granite, it was 228 feet (70 meters) wide on the side facing Harrison Street and 482 feet (147 meters) long on the side facing Wells. Imposing arches, crenellations, a spacious arched carriage-court facing Harrison Street, and a multitude of towers dominated the walls, but its most famous feature was an impressive 247 foot (75 meter) tower at the northeast corner of the property. Early on, a 11,000 pound (4,990 kilogram) bell in the tower rang in the hours. At some point, however, the bell was removed, but the tower (and its huge clock, 13 feet (4 meters) in diameter -- at one time among the largest in the United States) remained. Image File history File links GrandCentralStationChicagoWaitingRoom. ... Image File history File links GrandCentralStationChicagoWaitingRoom. ... Official language(s) None Capital Largest city Montpelier Burlington Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 43rd 24 923 km² 130 km 260 km 3. ... Romanesque Revival is a style of building in the late 19th century (roughly 1840 and 1900) inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque style of architecture. ... Pullman is a neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, twelve miles from the Loop by Lake Calumet. ... A weathered brick wall. ... This article is about the building material and the dwelling. ... Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ... Crenellation (or crenelation) is the name for the distinctive pattern that framed the tops of the walls of many medieval castles, often called battlements. ...

The interior of the Grand Central Station was decorated as impressively as the exterior. The waiting room, for example, had marble floors, Corinthian-style columns, stained-glass windows and a marble fireplace. The station also had a restaurant and a hotel, but accommodations ended late in 1901.^[2] The Corinthian order as used for the portico of the Pantheon, Rome provided a prominent model for Renaissance and later architects, through the medium of engravings. ... A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, usually on a short-term basis and especially for tourists. ...

The train shed of Grand Central Station

The glass and steel train shed, 555 feet (169 meters) long, 156 feet (48 meters) wide and 78 feet (24 meters) tall, was the second largest in the world at the time it was constructed, and self-supporting. Grand Central housed six tracks and had platforms long enough to accommodate fifteen-car passenger trains; it was considered an architectural gem and a marvel of engineering when it was built.^[3] Image File history File links GrandCentralStationChicagoTrainshedInterior. ... Image File history File links GrandCentralStationChicagoTrainshedInterior. ... A train shed is a adjecent building to a railway station where the tracks and platforms are covered by a overall roof. ... A train shed is a adjecent building to a railway station where the tracks and platforms are covered by a overall roof. ...

The structure was formally opened on December 8, 1890 by the Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad, a subsidiary of the Northern Pacific Railway which had purchased the terminal and the trackage leading up to it from the Wisconsin Central; it had cost one million dollars to construct. When it opened, Grand Central hosted trains from the WC (which connected with its former trackage in Forest Park, Illinois), and the Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad (M&NW), which made also a connection at Forest Park. By December 1891, the tenants also included the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. In 1903, the Pere Marquette Railway also started using the station. The B&O purchased Grand Central (and the all the terminal trackage) at foreclosure in 1910 to form the Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad.^[4] December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... The Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (AAR reporting mark BOCT) was a railroad in the Chicago area, giving various other companies access to Grand Central Station. ... A Northern Pacific train travels over Bozeman Pass, June 1939. ... Incorporated Village in 1907. ... The Chicago Great Western Railway (AAR reporting mark CGW) was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City. ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1876 map The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) is one of the oldest railroads in the United States, with an original line from the port of Baltimore, Maryland west to the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia and Parkersburg, West Virginia. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Pere Marquette Railway (AAR reporting mark PM) was a railroad that operated in the Great Lakes region of the United States. ... Foreclosure is the legal proceeding in which a bank or other secured creditor sells or repossesses a piece of real property (immovable property) due to the owners failure to comply on its promissory note. ... -1... The Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad was a Class II railroad in the United States. ...

Services at Grand Central

Trains to Grand Central Station ran over the Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad. Notice the circuitous route taken by trains from the east to the station, including a nearly seven mile (eleven kilometer) detour along Rock Island Line trackage.

The smallest of Chicago's passenger rail terminals, Grand Central Station was a relatively quiet place, even during its heyday. Grand Central never became a prominent destination for large numbers of cross-country travellers, nor for the daily waves of commuters from the suburbs, that other Chicago terminals were. In 1912, for example, Grand Central served an average of only 38 trains per day (including 4 B&O suburban trains), compared with 146 at Dearborn Station, 191 at LaSalle Street Station, 281 at Union Station, 310 at the Chicago and North Western Terminal and 373 per day at Central Station.^[5] Image File history File links Grand_Central_Station_approaches. ... Image File history File links Grand_Central_Station_approaches. ... The Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad was a Class II railroad in the United States. ... The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark RI) was a Class I railroad in the United States. ... Dearborn Stations train shed being demolished in May 1976, with the head house in the back Dearborn Station was the oldest of the six intercity train stations serving downtown Chicago, Illinois during the heyday of rail in the twentieth century. ... LaSalle Street Station is a commuter rail terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois, serving Metras Rock Island District. ... In the waiting room of the Union Station, January 1943 Union Station is a Chicago, Illinois train station that opened in 1925, replacing an earlier 1881 station, and is now the only intercity rail terminal in Chicago. ... Modern Ogilvie Transportation Center Ogilvie Transportation Center (formally, the Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Center) is a Chicago, Illinois train station which was in built 1911. ... Central Station, located at the southern end of Grant Park at 11th Place and Michigan Avenue, was one of the six intercity train stations serving Chicago, Illinois during the heyday of rail in the twentieth century. ...

The station hosted some of Baltimore and Ohio's most glamorous trains, including the fabulous Capitol Limited to Washington, DC. Unfortunately, however, the circuitous trackage leading up to the station from the east led these trains miles out of their way through the industrial southwest and west side of the city (See graphic to left). As for the other tenants, the Soo Line Railroad (which purchased the WC in 1909), the M&NW (which became known as the Chicago Great Western Railway in 1893), and the Pere Marquette Railway (which was merged into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in 1947), none were particularly serious players in the passenger rail market. The Capitol Limited was a passenger train run by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, using the B&Os tracks between Union Station in Washington, DC and Grand Central Station in Chicago, Illinois via Pittsburgh. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Illinois railroads | Michigan railroads | Minnesota railroads | North Dakota railroads | South Dakota railroads | Wisconsin railroads ... The Chicago Great Western Railway (AAR reporting mark CGW) was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City. ... The Pere Marquette Railway (AAR reporting mark PM) was a railroad that operated in the Great Lakes region of the United States. ... The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from many smaller railroads begun in the 19th century. ...

Intercity Passenger Trains

Grand Central Station served as a terminal for the following lines and intercity trains:^[6] Terminal Station was also the name of a railway station in Chattanooga, Tennessee; see Chattanooga Choo Choo. ...

B&O EA Number 55 heads the Capitol Limited at Grand Central Station, August 1939. Grand Central's bell tower can be seen at the extreme left side of this photograph.

• Baltimore and Ohio Railroad - Capitol Limited to Washington, DC, Columbian to Jersey City, New Jersey, Shenandoah to New York City. Other trains to Cumberland, Maryland and Wheeling, West Virginia.

• Chicago Great Western Railway (until 1957) - Legionnaire, later Minnesotan, both to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Other trains to Kansas City, Missouri and Omaha, Nebraska.

• Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway (Soo Line) (until 1899, and from 1912 to 1965; used Central Station in between and after) - Laker to Duluth, Minnesota.

• Pere Marquette Railway (merged into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in 1947), trains to Grand Rapids, Michigan.

• From December 1900 to July 1903, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (New York Central Railroad) and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway used Grand Central, as their LaSalle Street Station was being rebuilt.^[7]

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Suburban Commuter Trains

In addition to intercity passenger rail service, Grand Central Station also served as a terminal for a short lived suburban commuter line first operated by the Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad in 1900. The service, which was continued when the line was purchased by the B&O, ran six trains a day between Grand Central and Chicago Heights, stopping in Blue Island, Harvey, Thornton and Glenwood. Unsuccessful, the service ended as early as 1915.^[8] None of the other tenant railroads operated commuter trains out of Grand Central Station. Chicago Heights is a city located in Cook County, Illinois. ... Incorporated City in 1835. ... Harvey is a city located in Cook County, Illinois. ... Thornton is a village located in Cook County, Illinois. ... Glenwood is a village located in Cook County, Illinois. ...

The End of Grand Central Station

The lightly-used terminal became ominously quiet through the 1950s and '60s. Trains were dropped, service trimmed back, and by 1956, one railroad, the Chicago Great Western, had stopped operating passenger service into Chicago altogether. The number of passengers that used the remaining service shriveled: by 1969, the year the station closed, the station only served an average of 210 passengers per day.^[9] 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Declining intercity passenger rail traffic nationwide and corporate consolidation within the railway industry both created excess terminal capacity in Chicago. However, it was a political effort within the city to close Grand Central -- described by the Chicago Tribune as "decaying, dreary, and sadly out of date,"^[10] -- that ultimately sealed the fate of the station. The Soo Line re-routed its trains into Central Station in 1965. The remaining six B&O and ex-Pere Marquette trains last used station on November 8, 1969 and were routed into their new terminus at the Chicago and North Western Passenger Terminal the following day.^[11] Central Station, located at the southern end of Grant Park at 11th Place and Michigan Avenue, was one of the six intercity train stations serving Chicago, Illinois during the heyday of rail in the twentieth century. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Modern Ogilvie Transportation Center The Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Center is a passenger terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois, currently serving the three commuter rail lines of Metras Union Pacific District, which approach the terminal elevated above street level. ...

Sitting unused in a urban location with acres of abandoned terminal trackage to its south, Grand Central Station's value as an architectural and engineering masterpiece was unimportant to its railroad owner which believed the value of the land for urban redevelopment to be very substantial (incorrectly, as it turned out, see below). In anticipation of a movement by local preservationists to have the building declared a landmark, the railroad decided to demolish the building as quickly as possible, even without a plan for its replacement. It was also concerned that if the building were ordered to be preserved, the railroad would be made responsible for repairing the extensively eroded brown sandstone architectural elements of the exterior. As a result, the entirety of the terminal was razed by the railroad in 1971. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

Present day

Redevelopment of the property, however, has been slow. A 17-story apartment building known as River City was constructed in 1986 on the former coach yard and approaches to the terminal, but, ironically, the lot on which the station itself stood, still mostly owned by CSX Transportation (the successor company to the B&O), continues to be vacant.^[12] River City was designed to continue south to Roosevelt Road and at an earlier point meant to be a complex of three 68-story office and residential towers. Plans for an office tower, condominiums, or retail development on the Grand Central Station terminal site have all been proposed over the past several years, and all have been shelved. A bank owns a few acres at the corner of Harrison and Wells and has been trying to sell its portion separtely from CSX. The site is currently a de facto dog park used by local residents, although outlines of platforms and building foundations hint at the lot's former use. CSX Transportation (AAR reporting mark CSXT) is a Class I railroad in the United States, owned by the CSX Corporation. ... These standard poodles are playing at a dog park. ...

The B&OCT Bascule Bridge

The B&OCT Bascule Bridge over the Chicago River, as seen from the northwest, circa 1988. This view shows the abandoned bridge in its locked upright position, with that of the St. Charles Air Line in the background.

At the time Grand Central was completed, passenger trains approached the terminal by crossing the Chicago River to the southwest over a bridge between Taylor Street and Roosevelt Road, constructed in 1885. This first bridge was replaced by a taller structure in 1901 to accommodate larger boats and ships on the south branch of the river. When the Chicago River was straightened and widened in the 1930s, the War Department insisted the B&O build a new bridge adjacent to that of the St. Charles Air Line which crossed the river between Fifteen and Sixteen Streets. The new bridge's location, about seven blocks south of their previous crossing, exacerbated the circuitous route of the B&OCT trackage leading to Grand Central Station. Both the B&O bridge, and of the St. Charles Air Line immediately adjacent to it, were built in 1930, and both are bascule bridges. Image File history File links BandOBasculeBridgeAtChicagoRiver. ... Image File history File links BandOBasculeBridgeAtChicagoRiver. ... The Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad was a Class II railroad in the United States. ... {{BridgeTypePix| |type_name= Bascule bridge |image=MovableBridge_draw. ... The St. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Line drawing of the Department of Wars seal. ... The St. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... {{BridgeTypePix| |type_name= Bascule bridge |image=MovableBridge_draw. ...

The B&OCT bridge, like the terminal and the tracks, has been abandoned. It was not removed, however, and is currently locked in an "open" position. Because they are bascule bridges, both the B&OCT and the Air Line bridges each have a counterweight of their own, and in this case they share a common third counterweight between them. This design allowed them to operate in unison, with an operator from the B&OCT in charge of both bridges. This has led to an curious historical oddity, as the CSX, successor railroad to the B&O, owns a useless bridge that it cannot abandon, because it is needed to continue operating a bridge it does not own. An uncertain but inevitable future awaits the old B&OCT bridge, as the trackage it once served will likely never be rebuilt.^[13]

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References

1. ^ Grand Central Station Historic American Buildings Survey, National Park Service, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. HABS No. ILL-1016, 1963. pp. 1, 5 and 7.
2. ^ Chicago Tribune October 4, 1991.
3. ^ HABS No. ILL-1016. p. 2 and 6-9.
4. ^ HABS No. ILL-1016. p. 4; Chicago Daily Tribune November 30, 1890; December 2, 1891
5. ^ Arnold, Bion J. Report on the Re-Arrangement and Development of the Steam Railroad Terminals of the City of Chicago, 1913. p. 236. This total does not include the trains operated by the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway which utilized IC's Central Station until 1912. Soo Line trains totalled 14 per day in 1912. About 3,175 intercity passengers daily used Grand Central during that year, a figure that represented only 4.5 percent of the total number for the city of Chicago.
6. ^ CHICAGO'S PASSENGER TRAINS OF THE PAST: GRAND CENTRAL STATION at [1], May 3 2006.
7. ^ HABS No. ILL-1016. p. 7-8.
8. ^ Chicago Daily Tribune, April 25, 1900.
9. ^ Chicago Tribune May 4, 1969
10. ^ Chicago Tribune June 15, 1969
11. ^ Chicago Daily Tribune April 19, 1907; Chicago Tribune April 30, 1969; May 4, 1969; November 11, 1971; February 27, 1972. The effort to consolidate some or all of Chicago's passenger rail service into a smaller number of terminals was first proposed in 1904; see Arnold, pp. 138-163.
12. ^ River City at [2], May 3, 2006
13. ^ Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Chicago Terminal Railroad, South Branch of the Chicago River Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service. HAER No. IL-67. pp. 1-2; St. Charles Air Line Bridge Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service, HAER No. IL-157, p. 24.