Friday, September 18, 2009

The C & N W / Metra EMD E-8 Farewell excursion runbys. Richfield Illinois USA. Saturday, October 28th 1989.

Three EMD E-8 passenger locomotives performing a photo runby near Harvard Illinois. Photographed during the C&NW /Metra  EMD E-8 Last Run fantrip from Chicago to Harvard Illinois.

One of the more memorable Chicagoland railfan charters I had went on, was the Last Run EMD E-8 retirement fantrip over the former Chicago & NorthWestern Railroad from Chicago to Harvard Illinois. The trains three early 1950's era EMD model E-8 passenger locomotives and train, prepare to do a series of photo runbys at Richfield Illinois under cloudy Autum skies.

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