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“The longest day of 1970, and shortly after I finished high school, a Rock Island westbound freight passes U.D. Tower and crosses the GM&O/ATSF diamonds behind two F7 (119-107).”
Joliet, Illinois
June 21,1970
Photo by Paul Enenbach
Outbound Burlington Northern commuter train at left passing an Amtrak train just south of Chicago Union Station. The Harrison Street Tower at right still exists today but is completely enclosed by the new post office.
October 1986
Photo by G. Morris
GM&I - ICG Junction
Argo, Illinois
1980
Photo by D.W. Davidson
An inbound Rock Island commuter train with a consist of the ancient green coaches that the Rock kept on the equipment roster in the 70's out of financial necessity heads past Polk Street Tower at the throat of LaSalle Street Station.
Chicago
June 8, 1977
Photo by Charlie Whipp
Norfolk Southern freight train headed to Chicago
Gibson City, Illinois
March 24, 1990
Photo by David Fasules
Penn Central GP9 pulling Amtrak passenger cars out of Chicago Union Station, passing the Harrison Street - Polk Street tower.
That tower still exists but today it is completely enclosed within the new post office building that was built at this location.
April 1974
Photo by Mark Llanuza
EJ&E SD-38 at West Chicago tower IL April 1980 by Mark LLanuza Via Flickr: “South bound EJ&E coming up to EJ&E JB tower in West Chicago IL April 1980 41 years ago. Today this is the last EJ&E standing tower on the system.“
Photo by Mark Llanuza
Milwaukee Road train passing Rondout Tower
Rondout, Illinois
September 1979
Photo by Charlie Whipp
CNW E-9 Crandall unit at Chicago IL Noble Street tower April 1980 by Mark LLanuza Via Flickr: “The golden sun is going down at rush hour time April 1980 at Noble Street tower with classic semaphores with one of six E-9 former UP B-units made into A-units called Crandall units.”
Chicago
Photo by Mark Llanuza
“Soo Line westbound freight crosses C&NW Harvard Sub and passes Deval Tower behind two GP30, F7.”
Des Plaines, Illinois
May 13, 1967
Photo by Paul Enenbach
Thomas Underwood Coll B&O002 by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library Via Flickr: B&O FA2 4028 with freight train passing Ridgely Tower
Springfield, Illinois
April 1964
Chicago & North Western commuter train about to hit the MILW diamonds at Mayfair
Chicago
August 31, 1976
Photo by Paul De Luca
“This pair of E-units (631 was an E6 but I think Bob Anderson is right about the trailer being an E3) is backing the Chicago-Omaha Cornhusker from 47th Street coach yard past the 16th Street tower to LaSalle Street Station, preparatory to its departure. The diamonds it just crossed are those of the Illinois Central's mainline to Iowa, and the St Charles Air Line that was jointly owned, and ran over all those bascule bridges one sees in southward views from Roosevelt Road.”
Chicago
May 21, 1967
Photo by Paul Enenbach
Milwaukee Rd MP15'at Des Plaines IL March 1976, by Mark LLanuza Via Flickr: “It’s March 1976 five brand new Milwaukee Rd MP15's with auto frames are at Des Plaines IL coming up to Deval tower.”
Photo by Mark Llanuza
Wagons at Rondout by The Mastadon Via Flickr: “Rail Cruise America's excursion train from the Saint Louis Car Company was pounding the EJ&E main line in Rondout. Running a dinner train circle trip to Sturtevant, Wisconsin from Chicago and back on CP's C&M Subdivision, Rebuilt EMD F9PHA 1010 went on to Norfolk Southern as their 270. After NS no longer wanted to use a classic locomotive on their business train, it was sold to the Reading and Northern.”
Rondout, Illinois
May 21, 2005
“ … commuter train led by an F40C crossing the EJ&E diamonds. It will cross over behind me to get to the Fox Lake branch.”
Rondout, Illinois
September 1985
Photo by Edward Ribinskas
Chicago Transit Authority Tower 18 is in its old position. A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Electroliner headed west above Lake Street and beginning to turn north over Wells Street in Chicago, then across the Chicago River, and on to Milwaukee. by Marty Bernard Via Flickr: January 3, 1963
