If ever there were a calling for supervisory talent, this is it. Track-layers assembled the end rails at the Southwest Station cross-over junction today, a maze of steel to withstand the ages and facilitate the reversal of direction for future light rail traffic.
The station will serve as the new end point to the green line, replacing the Target Field station, as the line reaches westward. As ever, we are vigilant to the public trust and our supervisory responsibility. We stand by, ready to assist as needed.
So far. no one has called. Fortunately, we are stationed 24/7 nearby.
My 84-year-old North Dakota cousin still loves harvest time and checking the wheat. The family gathers its grain crops now with huge computerized equipment in air-conditioned cabs, but it still comes down as always to the earth, rain and sun -- and rolling the kernels in the palm of your weathered hand. We hope the excitement of harvest time never gets old. (Photo by Kelli Rolfsrud McCoy)
End of the Line
Designers of the Southwest Station must have seen Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder in the “Silver Streak” runaway train crash into the Chicago Union Station gift shop, and hope to avert a similar catastrophe with these over-water heavy-duty steel and concrete barriers. The forms are still in place but should eventually reveal an effective back stop.
Thank you, Thank you!
Kathleen has been thrilled by the overwhelming floral response from her many fans. A special display was needed to assemble the generous show of support.
Just kidding, but thanks sincerely for everything you have said and done. We continue to progress. The floral display is actually John’s handiwork in our business center, but proves a worthy backdrop for this little joke.
