In Photos: Chicago’s Rail Yards in the 1940s
Working on a locomotive at the 40th Street railroad shops in Chicago in December 1942
Jack Delano / Library of Congress
Illinois Central Railroad freight cars at the South Water Street freight terminal in Chicago in April 1943
Jack Delano / Library of Congress
The night is lit up by a giant Pabst Blue Ribbon sign above Chicago’s South Water Street freight terminal in April 1943.
Jack Delano / Library of Congress