John Bjorklund, collection of Center for Railroad Photography and Art
A morning inbound Burlington Northern commuter train rolls toward Chicago Union Station past Roosevelt Road in August 1972. The Chicago River lift bridge is visible in the distance.
John Bjorklund, collection of Center for Railroad Photography and Art
A Chicago & North Western commuter train passes Noble Street tower west of downtown in April 1972. The Milwaukee Road and Pennsylvania Railroad tracks to the north side of Chicago Union Station are visible in the foreground.
John Bjorklund, collection of Center for Railroad Photography and Art
An outbound Chicago & North Western commuter train crosses the Milwaukee Road at Western Avenue in May 1981. The unique locomotive was manufactured by the C&NW from secondhand Union Pacific B units. In the distance at left are a Milwaukee Road commuter train and the C&NW’s Noble Street tower.
John Bjorklund, collection of Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Two RTD commuter trains roll west toward the Chicago & North Western and Milwaukee Road diamonds at Western Avenue with new F40PH locomotives in May 1981.
John Bjorklund, collection of Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Rock Island E6 No. 630 and an outbound commuter train meet at 47th Street in May 1973.
Trains is working with the Center for Railroad Photography & Art to present this gallery of Chicago area commuter train photographs. They come from the Center’s John F. Bjorklund Collection, which consists of 55,000 color slides of railroading throughout the U.S. and Canada from the 1960s into the 2000s. Bjorklund was most active during the 1970s and 1980s, and his images provide a glimpse into another era of Chicago area commuter service.
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