I took this photo during a Febuary 1985 visit to west suburban La Grange Illinois.
A westbound local commuter train enroute to Aurora Illinois, makes the station stop in downtown La Grange Illinois at the La Grange Road station.
Chicago's recently formed Metra commuter rail agency was only in it's first year of operation since being formed in 1984. Commuter trains on the Burlingtton Northern's 3 track Chicago to Aurora mainline, would still be using these rebuilt 1953 vintage EMD model E-9 passenger streamlined diesel locomotives until September of 1992.
Many things have changed in this photo, as the lineside railroad telephone poles have now disappeared from the background today.
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