I live about 100 yards from the Union Pacific mail east/west line out of Chicago and we see a great variety of freight cars, but I cannot recall the last time I

I live about 100 yards from the Union Pacific mail east/west line out of Chicago and we see a great variety of freight cars, but I cannot recall the last time I saw a stock car. I guess that's because the Chicago stock yards no longer exist except as a neighborhood. The only passenger cars this like carries are the Metra double-deckers (except for the very occasional heritage trail such as the Big Boy entourage.) Amtrak uses the BNSF rails a few miles from here.