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Tent Village

Burlington EMD. E-7 #9928-B just arrived on a cold winters day in Chicago’s Union Station.

Former Chicago Brown Line Station

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Burlington commuter Pacific’s inside the Western Ave. around house Chicago IL..

Former Ridge Theatre

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Ghost Signs of Printer's Row.

Burlington Western Avenue locomotive servicing area in Chicago IL. 1948.

Closing the front coupler hatch at the Zephyr Pit Chicago Illinois

Early during the Burlington railroad transition, standing along the Aurora, Chicago Speedway was a magical time, for a railfan .

When the Chicago and North Western still ran steam commuter trains through Oak Park IL.they were exciting to see until they replaced by diesels and 1958.