I found this photo recently on the internet.
One of the most popular diesel electric passenger locomotives manufactured by EMD, or what is also known as The Electro Motive Division of General Motors in La Grange Illinois, was their "E" series of pasenger diesel locomotives during the streamliner passenger train era.
The model E 8 in particular, was employed from coast to coast hauling the top of the line "Crack Limited Streamliner trains", all the way to the secondary Mail, Express, Connecting and Commuter trains. Before there was an RTA or later Metra commuter rail agency in Chicago, the Class 1 mainline railroads ran their own commuter trains to and from the Windy City. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Chicago & NorthWestern, Rock Island, and the Milwaukee Road, had used various EMD E unit locomotives in to the late 1970's. The Burlington Northern wich was the 1970 succesor railroad through merger of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, The Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Spokane, Portland & Seatle Railroads, used EMD model E-8's that were rebuilt during the early 1970's into EMD model E 9 standards in Chicago to Aurora commuter service until 1992. One is preserved today at The Illinois Railway Museum in Union Illinois. A Milwaukee Road EMD E-9 is also preserved here too.
The Chicago & NorthWestern operated their last three EMD model E-8's until October of 1989.
Many started second careers hauling early Amtrak passenger trains begining in 1971.
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