Well now you made me curious. I looked at some Sanborn maps from before the Northside Main was built and part of the alley here was offset from others. The tracks seem to follow that offset, staying on private land.
1894: https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4104cm.g01790189409/?sp=48&st=image&r=-0.556,0.633,1.704,0.873,0
1923: https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/92b61260-8a23-0137-6d99-02d0d7bfd6e4-7#?cv=44&xywh=-19%2C1357%2C6681%2C2777
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