Burlington Northern train 110 with two GP50s on the point, heads east over the Rock River at Oregon, Illinois, on October 22, 1994.

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In October 1983, Burlington Northern commuter trains wait for the afternoon rush at Chicago Union Station. BN’s famous fleet of E units are ready to haul people home to the western suburbs.

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With an Illinois Central southbound waiting, a Toledo, Peoria and Western westbound crosses the diamonds at Gilman, Illinois, on May 5, 1990.

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Toward sunset on October 9, 1994, a westbound coal train on the Chicago and North Western at Nelson, Illinois, is pulled by a new GE Dash 9 and two older Dash 8s. The old coaling tower over the main line from the steam locomotive days still stands today.

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Chicagoland is still bathed in morning sun, but not for long as a storm moves in from the west. It’s August 10, 1986 at Milepost 13 on Burlington Northern’s triple track at Brookfield, Illinois, as an eastbound double stack cruises by with a new tiger-stripe GP50 and a SD40-2. Number 3110 is BN’s first GP50 in the new livery.

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