Westbound Burlington Northern Railroad commuter local. Riverside Illinois USA. October 1989.

I took this lovely Autum photograph on a pleasant Sunday afternoon, in October of 1989. A westbound Burlington Northern / Metra commuter local, is seen in west suburban Riverside Illinois.The locomotive, is a classic 1953 vintage EMD model E-9 passenger locomotive. These locomotives were built by EMD in La Grange Illinois in 1953 as EMD model E-8 passenger locomotives. In the early 1970's, they were shipped to Morrison Knudson Corporation in Boise Idaho, and rebuilt mechanically and electrically into E-9 upgraded standards. These locomotives were retired from Chicago's Metra commuter rail agency, on a September 1992 last run fantrip from Chicago to Aurora Illinois. Some of these have now found new homes in recent years, at various railroad museums around the United States.