The Derailed Brew & Cider House

The 4-tap system hopes to be employed for Camille's birthday and New Year's Celebration. Brews in the Caboose include a Belgian Dubble, a Dark Spruce Ale and another Branch Line Cider.

The Ghost of the Redrailroader

Inbound Limited Harvard sub. at Wdstk.

Midnight train to Harvard

All red at Lake Street interlocking,

Metx147 train No. 601 waits for departure and a clear line up.

Chicago Passenger Terminal

A switch engine ties on to a cut of coach cars with a stretch of afternoon sun giving light.

Mid-March Milepost 1 Geneva sub.

Future site of The Derailed Brew and Cider House (Kenosha, WISC.)

A trend seen in today's brew effort, eco-friendly brewing facilities seem a must to have.
Built in 1880, steps from "the end of the line", The Derailed Brew and Cider House is eco-friendly in that it is from 1880 and has not been razed and replaced by another building. Eco-friendly also in that its employees must reside in the long house next door. They also enjoy 10% off goods from the company-owned general store.
Some 19th century traditions are still alive!

EJ&E meet at North Chicago

A pair of Oranges about to set out at Abbot Labs in North Chicago, ILL., nearly collide with an out-bound scoot, had it not been for the 100 year-old over pass...
The film-crew somewhat "loose it" at the end of the footage given the rarity of such an occurrence.

Clybourn to Deering Bridge date unknown

Rare footage eased from the archives details the slow departure north from Clybourn on track one on the Kenosha subdivision up to and just over the Deering Bridge over the North Branch of the Chicago River.

Mild-mannered 2 o'clock hour

From a lead outside a skybridge
into the Chicago Passenger Terminal,
1 half-minute past 2pm.

Lost Images now Found

These images, taken from a stationary outbound Metra scoot, are looking south and east toward downtown Chicago. Images are from archives once lost, without dates...

Freight Train Derailment at PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WI

http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/breaking/article_4dc77156-14f1-11df-8d23-001cc4c002e0.html

Trian APRPR-08, at Ridgefield

An engineer's view, looking both north and south.



An Engineer looking south.

MPRIT 07 East at CNSMRR & Chase

Heading south out of Butler, WI, the remnants of another interurban line lay waste. The Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad left their concrete embankments at the wayside for this Railroader's camera. The interurban ran from Milwaukee, WISC. to Waukegan, ILL. to Evanston, ILL.
It's not uncommon for certain railroaders to toss a case of water bottles from their slow-moving train to the residents of this way-side home. At this point, the grade is steep and any heavy train would be moving no more than 20 MPH -and if a box of water was to be dropped this train might be moving even slower...

The Red Lantern Menu

The Red Lantern Tavern

Mid-winter 2010

Located in the

Historic Cellars of

The Derailed Brew and Cider House

On Tap:

Branch Line Cider

Bottles:

Old Oak Kriek

Wet Rail Autumn Ale

Guest Bottles:

New Belgium Fat Tire

Central Waters Octoberfest

G. Schneider & Sohn Aventinus 2002

In the Caboose:

New Old Oak Kriek

Away From Home Oatmeal Stout

Sharon, WI APRPRB-31

A black railroad hole.

So rarely might it happen that the universe is presented with the opportunity to collapse unto itself- here, a local foamer, or FRN, or Fucking Railroad Nut, realizes that it's best to not take a picture at the same time as a railroader would like to take one. A simple wave and a "thank-you" is enough at this grade-crossing.

Tiny Antlers

Never is wild-life not given the proper respect from a railroad employee.

The Red-Railroader looks out for his own.

The Red-Railroader has reached Nirvana...

On train OPPR4-05 The Red-Railroader crossed over and obtained a HighBall from the U.P. TrainMaster. From this point forward it was maximum authorized speed, beans denied at 0001 hours and a 3-hour quit.

By the way, this is how edible tallow is shipped.

Note the detail of hand-held spray-paint alerting ...whomever!... that edible tallow is inside that tank car.

I wonder if that paint-job could translate into real street art al-la juvenile tagging?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallow

Near-collision at Grand Avenue!

This engineer breathed easy after this near- fatal collision at Grand Avenue.

It's a good day on the railroad when, after cool, calm and alert-skills take foot, a simple and honest days' pay is earned.

Kinzie Street near Paulina Avenue

This over-head trestle is a remnant of Chicago's mass transit-history.
Today, this 90+ year-old steel acts as a glorified signal mast for Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, Canadian Pacific and Metra rails.

No modern-day railroad would invest in such a limestone foundation, the skilled workers to erect it (nor the labor to maintain it!). The trestle was designed to elevate a north-south line over an already elevated east-west main-line.

The Red Railroader needs to take beans.

Conductor X takes instruction from NE Dispatcher at Waukegan, Ill. before heading south form the frieght yard on train LPK42-29

MPRIT East at Pleasent Praire, WI 10Feb07

Eastbound from Butler, WI, bridge over abandon ROW for SOO tracks west out of Milwaukee, WI

APRPR08 West, Stopped from the hotbox detector.