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A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train being pulled by a K 4 Class 4-6-2 Pacific type passenger service steam locomotive, is seen passing through Chicago's Englewood Union Station on the southeast side of the city possibly during the 1930's.
Englewood Union Station was located near West 63rd and South Halsted Streets, and was the first passenger train station stop for southbound trains departing from Chicago Union Station. It was also the last stop for northbound trains enroute to Chicago Union Station. It was a very busy passenger terminal in it's hey day. There were crosstracks here, and the commuter trains from the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad stopped here daily between Chicago & Joliet Illinois.
No passenger trains serve this former station site today, and the area has been in severe economic ruin for several years now. Still, it must have been nice while it lasted during pre Amtrak times.
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