Amtrak's Hiawatha service rolls eastbound after passing below the UP's Milwaukee sub seen in the distance..
A Metra trains stops at The Glen of Glenview. This station was built after the Naval air station there was closed down and a luxury home subdivision was built in its place. So now they have a stat... (more)
An Amtrak Hiawatha slowly moves north to Milwaukee. On this very cold -10 Fahrenheit day the GE unit a hard time accelerating with this train today.
The "Midwest Cascade" departs Glenview on its northbound trip to Milwaukee.
An unusual consist for this train leads #183 through North Glenview. Nicknamed 'The Attitude' by local railfans, this train forwards containers from Bensenville to the Twin Cities.
A NB Metra commuter train accelerates as it departs the new North Glenview commuter station.
A long eastbound manifest heads toward Bensenville Yard in the first sunshine we've seen in these parts in a week.
First train to operate through Chicago Union Station (Milwaukee-St. Louis) arrives Glenview
"Hiawatha" departing from Glenview
See pages 24-25 of the December 1979 issue of TRAINS for the story
See pages 24-25 of the December 1979 issue of TRAINS for the story; also page 76 of TRAINS "100 Greatest Photos"