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“A classic commuter scene at the Rock Island Vermont Street station in Blue Island, Illinois, October 1976. Check out those stylish 70's rides waiting to pick up people from the train!”
Both cars and the locomotive are General Motors products: Chevy Impala, Olds Ninety Eight, EMD F7.
Original slide in collection of John Smatlak, Bernie Smith photo.
GM Classics by Danial
Via Flickr:
"It looks like one of those fine July afternoons at Santa Fe's Corwith yard, as Lonnie Maves documents General Motors 1966 built ATSF SD40 5004 basking in the warm sun, along with his 77' Chevrolet Impala Coupe."
Corwith Yard, Chicago, IL July 1977 Lonnie Maves photo,D.A.Longley collection All Rights Reserved
“On September 17, 1989, EMD held an Open House at their LaGrange, IL locomotive plant. There were many interesting locomotives on display, one of the most interesting was EMD FT 103.”
Kodachrome 64.
Photo by John Benner
FT 103
EMD Open House
September 17, 1989
McCook, Illinois
Photo by Bill Johnson
“Power unit for Rock Island's GM Aerotrain No. 2, retired at Silvis, Illinois.”
May 30, 1965
Photo by K.C. Henkels
“Rock Island Aerotrain #3 power seen from the Roosevelt Road Viaduct, Chicago, IL in August 1962. She is at the Museum of Transport in Kirkwood, MO. Rick Burn photo.”
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad LWT-12 2 at the Rocket House around 47th Street in Chicago, Illinois on March 28, 1965. Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Built in August 1955 as EMD 1001 ( c/n 21464 ) on EMD Order 9002, it was one of two demonstrators the EMD fielded, this one operated on the NYC for several months in 1956 between Cleveland, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois in revenue runs. . . . Returned to EMD, it and demonstrator 1000 were sold to the Rock Island, ending their days in commuter service.
Caption: “GM Aerotrain in Rock Island suburban service, seen here departing LaSalle Street station past an interesting assortment of baggage and RPO cars. Transferred from the Chicago-Peoria run to suburban service in 1957, these really would have been something interesting to ride, especially on less than optimal track! They were out of service by 1966. Locomotive 3 and two of its cars are preserved today at the Museum of Transport near St. Louis, and another is at the museum in Greenbay, Wisconsin.”
C&NW #1518 by rrradioman on Flickr.
C&NW GP7 #1518 at the Electro Motive Division 50th Anniversary in September 1972.
Lagrange, Illinois
Photo by Gary Sturm
Rock Island Aerotrain at Englewood Union Station
Chicago
April 21, 1964
Photo by Marty Bernard
Aerotrain by Runabout63 on Flickr.
At The EMD Plant in McCook, IL on October 6, 1962 by railfan 44 on Flickr.
At the EMD Plant in McCook, IL on October 6, 1962.
Photo by Roger Puta
Caption: "EMD 105 was a DH2, a SW8 modified as a diesel-hydraulic for demonstration purposes. Later, and in the photo, it was converted to a standard diesel-electric with traction motors and no drive shafts and was serving as an EMD plant switcher."
Caption: “On October 6, 1962 EMD marked the production of their 25,000 locomotive. The event was at their McCook, Illinois plant. Roger Puta was there and took a few photos.”
1, 2, and 3: “W&A 3 4-4-0, the General, and a L&N combine were on display. The combine is clearly a Jim Crow car. Two sections divided by a baggage area.”
4: “EMD's 25,000th locomotive was L&N 1014 seen here. An AT&SF gas-electric car is in the background.”
5: “EMD GP30 demonstrator 5639.”
Caption: “The first SD60 built, EMD's demonstrator #1, is seen at the IHB's Blue Island Yard in Riverdale awaiting testing on Conrail.”
Riverdale, Illinois
October 14, 1984
Photo by Tom Golden
