NW commuter train at Dearborn Station annex 9-76
The N&W Orland Park commuter train at the Dearborn Station annex, 9-76. The photographer was kind enough to step across Clark St. and fit the station headhouse and clocktower into his shot. The headhouse and clocktower survive today, although the former trainshed and railyard areas are now condos and park space.
I rode this N&W trainset once, but not on a trip to Orland Park; on 9/28/79 I rode them on the "Valpo Dummy", the former Penn Central commute service to Valparaiso, Indiana. The NW service had been upgraded to some newer equipment and the cars shifted over to the Valparaiso service as an "upgrade" for the even older coaches that had been in use.
Original slide in my collection, photographer unknown.
NW commuter train at Dearborn Station annex 9-76
The N&W Orland Park commuter train at the Dearborn Station annex, 9-76. The photographer was kind enough to step across Clark St. and fit the station headhouse and clocktower into his shot. The headhouse and clocktower survive today, although the former trainshed and railyard areas are now condos and park space.
I rode this N&W trainset once, but not on a trip to Orland Park; on 9/28/79 I rode them on the "Valpo Dummy", the former Penn Central commute service to Valparaiso, Indiana. The NW service had been upgraded to some newer equipment and the cars shifted over to the Valparaiso service as an "upgrade" for the even older coaches that had been in use.
Original slide in my collection, photographer unknown.