The CB&Q East-End Way Freight -- 5 Photos by railfan 44 on Flickr.
Caption: "CB&Q 234 in Downers Grove, IL on July 30, 1965. This GP7 was built in 1951 and became BN 1588."
Photo by Marty Bernard
CB&Q 4960 outbound with a fan trip at the Main Street Commuter Stop, Downers Grove, IL on March 21, 1965. And she ain't stopping. by railfan 44 on Flickr.
Caption: "CB&Q 4960 outbound with a fan trip at the Main Street Commuter Stop, Downers Grove, IL on March 21, 1965. And she ain't stopping."
Photo by Marty Bernard
Caption: “CB&Q SD24 501 in Downers Grove IL on July 2, 1965. The other units look like GP30s.”
Photo by Marty Bernard
Caption: "The August 27, 1965 CB&Q wreck in Downers Grove, Illinois, occurred just west of the Maple Avenue grade crossing. The lineman in the bottom photo was just to my left when I took this. You can see why the 3-track Chicago to Aurora Racetrack was closed for several hours."
Photos by Marty Bernard
A Denver Zephyr in August 1968 by railfan 44 on Flickr.
Caption: "On the Zephyr Track of the Race Track and minutes from the Chicago Union Station bumper posts, the Denver Zephyr still keeps up the pace in suburban Downers Grove at Fairview Ave. A late E7A 9936A built in March 1949 with 3 sisters vibrate the ground and my eardrums for only seconds as they zephyred past."
Downers Grove, Illinois
August 1968
Photo by Marty Bernard
CB&Q GP7 259 switching covered hoppers of flour at the Pepperidge Farm Bakery in Downers Grove, IL on August 9, 1968 by railfan 44 on Flickr.
CB&Q GP7 259 switching covered hoppers of flour at the Pepperidge Farm Bakery in Downers Grove, IL on August 9, 1968.
Photo by Marty Bernard
Before HEP Burlington Northern E-units -- 4 Photos by railfan 44 on Flickr.
Caption: "Finally a photo of a real dinky Dinky. BN 9954, an E8A built as CB&Q E8A 9944B at Fairview Ave., Downers Grove IL on Sunday, August 30, 1970. This pre-HEP E-unit could provide enough power for a couple of bi-levels."
Photo by Marty Bernard
Port Heron & Detroit 1123 near Fairview Av., Downers Grove, IL by Marty Bernard Via Flickr: May 31, 1962
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CB&Q E7A 9933A heads the Denver Zephyr through Downers Grove, IL on August 30, 1970. by Marty Bernard
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Burlington Northern freight trains passing the now-demolished railroad tower in Downers Grove, Illinois
May 1975
Photos by Michael Matalis
Source: flic.kr