(Photos) Men at work in the skies on the wires

While running a bumpy path alongside the abandoned Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad in Skokie, I encountered some men at work.

Do you see anybody on a high tension electrical wire towers?

Don't look down at my other pictures yet.

Okay, you can look now.

And you think your job poses challenges...

All done. Next tower?

And did you think I was going to pass up another opportunity to post another picture of the abandoned North Shore Line tracks?

The rails were gathered by the Union Pacific Railroad, which owns the right-of-way, for scrap. And I think this view looks better in black-and-white.

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• (Photos) Abandoned suburban Chicago rail bridge with wooden pilings
• (Photos) Abandoned line: Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad and rails-to-trails
• (More photos) The abandoned Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
• (Photo) Old railroad remnant in Skokie in the trees

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