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Illinois Passenger Trains Before Amtrak
To the North, South, East and West, the Land of Lincoln offered plenty of colorful passenger trains.
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Photo ID: 477642

Railroad: Milwaukee Road
Locomotive: EMD FP7
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: MILW 101A
Train ID: Hiawatha
Photo Date: March, 1969


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By: David Hawkins

Added: Apr 13, 2014

Views: 5,976
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Photo ID: 471836

Railroad: Monon
Locomotive: Alco RS-2
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: MON 22
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August, 1963


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By: David Hawkins

Added: Mar 01, 2014

Views: 4,340
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Photo ID: 470099

A few minutes past 9am C&EI E7 27 leads train #4, the northbound Danville Flyer, appropriately escorted by another flyer through 21st Street interlocking minutes from arrival at Dearborn Station. ... (more)

Railroad: Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway (C&EI)
Locomotive: EMD E7(A)
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: C&EI 27
Train ID: C&EI #4
Photo Date: April 06, 1969


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By: Glenn Anderson

Added: Feb 15, 2014

Views: 10,774
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Photo ID: 449972

GM&O Train #1, THE LIMITED, speeds south near Williamsville, Illinois, in October 1969.

Railroad: Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
Locomotive: EMD E7(A)
Location: Williamsville, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: GM&O 100
Train ID: 1
Photo Date: October 19, 1969


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By: Joe McMillan

Added: Sep 04, 2013

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Photo ID: 449374

John was in Davenport for a 3-week training at the RI Arsenal in 1967 and took advantage of his off time to capture images around the area. In the small town of Geneseo the Golden State Ltd. is a... (more)

Railroad: Rock Island
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Geneseo, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: RI 643
Train ID: Golden State Limited
Photo Date: June, 1967


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Aug 30, 2013

Views: 4,684
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Photo ID: 437510

While it looks like a Pennsy E-8, on Oct. 7, 1968 the 4274, looking the worse for wear, was actually Penn Central leading 4-car Train 14 from always-busy Chicago Union Station en route to Detroit... (more)

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: PC 4274
Train ID: PC 14
Photo Date: October 07, 1968


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By: Steve Patterson

Added: May 26, 2013

Views: 11,002
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Photo ID: 435394

With Christmas in the air and an increase in passenger traffic, the first section of the normally-combined North Coast Limited-Empire Builder wears green as it roars through La Grange, Illinois on... (more)

Railroad: Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: La Grange, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: CB&Q 9942A
Train ID: CB&Q #25
Photo Date: December, 1967


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By: Larry Sallee

Added: May 09, 2013

Views: 7,825
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Photo ID: 430904

The Capitol Limited is shown at Grand Central in slide #1 of the three posted here recently. They were all taken on an August day in 1964, at about 9am, as the tower clock reveals. This land tod... (more)

Railroad: Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: BO 1450
Train ID: Capitol Ltd.
Photo Date: August, 1964


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Apr 03, 2013

Views: 12,221
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Photo ID: 430768

The BOCT switch is working a long distance B&O train.

Railroad: Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad
Locomotive: EMD NW2
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: BOCT 9509
Train ID: terminal switch
Photo Date: August, 1964


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Apr 02, 2013

Views: 7,523
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Photo ID: 427757

N&W's Train 111 "Banner Blue" leaves Chicago's Dearborn Station headed for St. Louis on May 16, 1967. Don't know the heritage of E-8 3812 --- likely Wabash? Chicago & Western Indiana 254 Alco... (more)

Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: NW 3812
Train ID: NW 111
Photo Date: May 16, 1967


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By: Steve Patterson

Added: Mar 08, 2013

Views: 10,123
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Photo ID: 421602

The PANAMA LIMITED arrives in Chicago on a snowy February morning.

Railroad: Illinois Central Railroad
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: IC 4028
Train ID: IC 6
Photo Date: February 05, 1971


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By: Bob Krone

Added: Jan 17, 2013

Views: 4,607
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Photo ID: 420796

Looking a bit worse for the wear, Pennsy's E8 4299 leads Train 22 "Manhattan Limited" out of Chicago Union Station on Oct. 8, 1968, headed for Pennsylvania Station in New York City 907 miles away... (more)

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 4299
Train ID: PRR 22
Photo Date: October 08, 1968


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By: Steve Patterson

Added: Jan 10, 2013

Views: 5,662
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Photo ID: 408668

One of the most famous trains in the USA during its heyday, New York Central Train 26, The Twentieth Century Limited, behind two E8As and an E7B prepares to depart LaSalle Street Station Chicago o... (more)

Railroad: New York Central
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: NYC 4075
Train ID: NYC 26
Photo Date: August 10, 1964


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By: Steve Patterson

Added: Sep 09, 2012

Views: 17,257
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Photo ID: 408229

Sharply on time at 10:30 a.m. on May 16, 1967, after idling most of the night two Erie-Lackawanna E8s crack open the throttle to move the 7-car Lake Cities Train 6 out of Dearborn Station for the ... (more)

Railroad: Erie Lackawanna
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: EL 819
Train ID: Train 6
Photo Date: May 16, 1967


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By: Steve Patterson

Added: Sep 05, 2012

Views: 10,106
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Photo ID: 405064

As a CB&Q switcher putters in Burlington's coach yard, GM&O Train 1, "The Limited," with E7 103A and E8 100A, leaves Chicago on Aug. 1, 1968, taken from railfan's favorite overlook -- Roosevelt Av... (more)

Railroad: Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
Locomotive: EMD E7(A)
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: GMO 103A
Train ID: GMO 1
Photo Date: August 01, 1968


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By: Steve Patterson

Added: Aug 01, 2012

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Views: 21,480
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