User:Lost on Belmont/NSML (1908)

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North Side Main Line in 1908
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NWERR
to Evanston
Howard
Birchwood
Rogers Park
Hayes
North Edgewater
Edgewater
Argyle Park
Wilson
Wilson Yard and Shops
Buena
C&ERR
to Union Station
Sheridan
Grace
Addison
Vautravers Building
Clark
Ravenswood branch
to Kimball
Belmont
Wellington
Diversey
Wrightwood
Fullerton
Webster
Armitage
Willow
Halsted
Larrabee
Sedgwick
Schiller
Division
Church Curve
Oak
Chicago
Kinzie
North Water Terminal
Chicago River
Loop

This is a route-map template for the North Side Main Line, a rapid transit line in Chicago.


The map depicts the line circa 1908.

The Northwestern Elevated extended service north over the tracks of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad (Milwaukee Road) after the electrification of the former line's tracks and the construction of an incline from the elevated Wilson station. This section went into operation in May 1908. The "L" company served all of the Milwaukee Road's existing stations north of Sheridan Park and added a new stop at Hayes. With the opening of "L" service over this section of track, the Milwaukee Road stopped operating passenger trains north of Sheridan Park, though freight service continued.

An additional stop at Howard, the Chicago city limits, was opened in August.

A stub terminal built on a small branch off of the main line south of Kinzie was added in November of 1908, to provide a location to route trains to instead of the overcrowded Loop.