A Dinkey with a baggage car? Yes, one RT/day carried baggage!

The front portion of the first car contains a generator because the locomotive has no head end power for the gallery cars (double deckers).

A commuter train begins its run from Aurora to Chicago. The two large gold color circle stickers on the unit's nose are for the CB&Q's 100th year of serving the Chicago suburbs. Aurora Tower can... (more)

The 17.44 Chicago Union - Route 59 is seen passing Highlands station. See more of my photos at http://scenicrail.fotopic.net/

Station under construction

Arriving at Joliet

A "dinky" heads west on the former CB&Q

Pennsy suburban from Valpo. IN. hits the diamonds at 21st. St. The 8501 would serve into the Conrail era becoming the CR 5954, present status unknown. Note the distinctive PRR signal bridge in t... (more)

Wabash shows up with a suburban train inbound at 21st St. on a September morning in '59.

This is the only CW&I shot in the RP database thus far, probably C&WI train #66, a northbound due at ATSF Jct. (21st. St.) at 0630, for a 0635 arrival at Dearborn. 260 was 1 of 12 RS-1s on the pr... (more)

This was my first trip to Chicago, and my buddy and I spent an evening rush hour here, after we read about Mayfair Jct. in the March 1976 issue of Model Railroader. I never again saw one of these... (more)

Operated by Milwaukee Road for the North West Suburban Mass Transit District

Two Rock Island RS3's power an afternoon outbound Suburban to Blue Island, IL.