I took this night time photo in early November of 2006. I was passing through Elmhurst Illinois on York Street, when I spotted this old preserved train station in a city park near Valette Street.The Chicago & Great Western Railroad was absorbed by the Chicago & NorthWestern Railroad in a 1968 merger. Their mainline ran through northwest suburban Elmhurst Illinois, immediately adjacent to the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railroad mainline. The C,A & E abandoned electric passenger service in 1957 and freight trains in 1959. The C,A & E right of way, is now the Illinois Prairie Path bicycle trail. The C&GW railroad line through here was abandoned and dismantled shortly after the 1968 C&NW merger.
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