Eastbound Chicago Central and Pacific (Ex Illinois Central Iowa Division Mainline) Rolling through North Riverside Illinois. December 1988.

A beautiful early December Saturday afternoon in 1988, finds us on 26th Street just west of Harlem Avenue in west suburban North Riverside Illinois. This is a rare photograph of a "short lived" regional Railroad. The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad sold off this line, wich ran from Chicago Ilinois to Waterloo Iowa. The new
railroad was the Chicago Central and Pacific.
This Railroad lasted approximately 10 years before the Re-organized Illinois Central had
"Bought it back" and reincorporated it into their
system.