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| Last updated on August 7, 2025
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
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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.