Photos & Videos Photo of the Day EJ&E center-cab Baldwin near West Chicago

EJ&E center-cab Baldwin near West Chicago

By Angela Cotey | April 5, 2022

| Last updated on August 7, 2025

Elgin Joliet & Eastern Railroad

In a 1958 view from a car headed east on Roosevelt Road near West Chicago, Ill., an Elgin, Joliet & Eastern 2,000 h.p. Baldwin center-cab diesel crosses with a northbound freight train.
Russ Porter photo

One thought on “EJ&E center-cab Baldwin near West Chicago”

Robert Barnes says:

April 5, 2022 at 11:14 am

I live 8 or so miles west of here in Geneva. I’ve seen this photo several times, and it still amazes me at how much the area has changed.

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