In Photos: Chicago’s Rail Yards in the 1940s

A view of part of the South Water Street freight depot of the Illinois Central Railroad and buildings in downtown Chicago on May 1, 1943

Jack Delano / Library of Congress

In the roundhouse of a Chicago and North Western Railroad yard in December 1942

Jack Delano / Library of Congress

A view of part of the South Water Street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal in April 1943

Jack Delano / Library of Congress