 Museum Campus / 11th St (Metra) AKA Roosevelt Rd
The Metra Electric platforms at Museum Campus / 11th St. An eastbound South Shore Line train makes a station stop on Track 2. This station is at the north end of the Roosevelt Rd Yard. The platform on the right serves inbound trains while the platform on the left serves outbound trains. The fifth track between the platforms is the yard lead. |
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| Each platform has a staircase and elevator connected to a footbridge that crosses the Metra right-of-way. |
The platform extends south of the footbridge. Under the bridge is one of Metra's Catenary Maintenance Vehicles. |
2009
The following pictures were taken before 11th St was upgraded to CTC and the 2023 track upgrade adding a fourth main track to the north. |
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| The entrance to the station as seen from the north in 2009. Here three tracks that ran to the north divided into four main tracks and a yard lead to the south. The signal on track 1 was showing the least restrictive aspect for this location, a white light for "Restricting". The closest track to the bottom of the picture is a storage track for maintenance equipment and materials. |
This double slip switch with moveable frog is part of the 11th Street interlocking. Prior to the upgrade to CTC, the switches at this junction were manually thrown by a switchtender 6:30am-10:30pm, Monday-Friday. (The switches remained locked in position when the switchtender was not present.) |
Roosevelt Road Yard (Metra) |
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| This is the daytime yard for rush hour trains for Metra, as seen in 1998 from the south end. South Shore Line trains do not use this yard but do pass it (on the outside pairs of tracks) about two miles south of Randolph Street. Metra trains use this yard to park during the day on weekdays. The primary Metra Electric District yard and shops is just south of Kensington. |
Soldier Field / 18th St (Metra) |
At the south end of the Roosevelt Rd Yard is an older station serving Soldier Field. The station itself has remained untouched for decades with a short wooden platforms (200ft) and long steep stairs. The only improvement was the replacement of the bridge over the tracks and station. A modern wide "multi-use trail" was built between the neighborhood and Soldier Field. The original crossing was a narrow bridge over all of the railroad tracks that was not accessable. The east end stairs were in a dirt parking lot. The new crossing opened in 2004 and includes underpasses of the CN-IC railroad and Lake Shore drive, providing a crossing free path from South Calumet Ave west of the tracks to Soldier Field. (The ground portion east of the tracks was improved in 2001,)
This station is used by the South Shore for special events at Soldier Field. Only trains on track 2 or 3 can use the high level platform. |
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| Inbound tracks east of the platform. |
Outbound tracks west of the platform. |
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| Stairs leading up to the walkway. |
Soldier Field on the horizon, a 0.2 mile (6 minute estimated) walk from the station. |