“A classic commuter scene at the Rock Island Vermont Street station in Blue Island, Illinois,  October 1976. Check out those stylish 70's rides waiting to pick up people from the train!”

Both cars and the locomotive are General Motors products: Chevy Impala, Olds Ninety Eight, EMD F7.

December 1976

C&NW - Melrose Park, IL by d.w.davidson on Flickr.

"Green Hornets at Proviso Yard. Roster shot of C&NW F7A No. 4099C at the Proviso Diesel Ramp, in October 1963. An April 1950 graduate of EMD at LaGrange, No. 4099C would not be rebuilt for suburban service. It was retired on February 9, 1966."

A Perfect CB&Q F-unit ABA by railfan 44 on Flickr.

Caption: "CB&Q F3AB 128DC (built in 1948) and an F7A, making a perfect ABA set, leading a freight through Westmont, Illinois on January 26, 1966."

Caption: “The Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad was the owner of Dearborn Station in Chicago and the trackage leading to it. It was owned equally by five of the railroads using it to reach the terminal, and kept those companies from needing their own lines into the city. In 1994 it became a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Corporation.“

Chicago

Caption: “One of Rock Island's F-units is seen at the 95th Street Yard service track awaiting its next assignment.”

Chicago

June 4, 1978

C&NW - Crystal Lake, IL by d.w.davidson on Flickr.

C&NW - Waukegan, IL by d.w.davidson on Flickr.

Caption: "View looking south in the Waukegan Coach Yard on a snowy morning in January 1983. GP7 No. 4315 has just departed the ready track and is seen heading up the lead to go to work switching in the freight yard."