Big Ben and the Board of Trade Editors Pick! Contributor's Pick!       
This is the departing Quad Cities Rocket with LaSalle Street Station and the Board of Trade at the left edge of the photograph. Big Ben (see http://railfan44.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=660823) the dome-observation-parlor car is on the end of the train where it belongs.
Date: 3/30/1971 Location: Chicago, IL   Map Show Chicago on a rail map Views: 2174 Collection Of:   Marty Bernard
Locomotives: CRIP 648(E8A)   Rolling Stock: CRIP 1875 (Passenger Car) CO 1875 (Passenger Car) DRGW 1248 (Passenger Car) Author:  Marty Bernard
Big Ben and the Board of Trade
Picture Categories: Station,Passenger This picture is part of album:  Railfan44's CRI&P Scans
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Name Type Comments Date
Ron Moraca General Spectacular photo, Marty! I've never been to Chicago, but that's where my wife's from. Elmhurst. 9/23/2008 6:32:12 PM
Russell Lekovish General R.Lekovish: I think Ihave a similar pix,also the rear car was a car run by a travel agent-Butterworth or somwthing like that. 3/20/2010 12:57:09 AM
Chris Lubinski General Nice photo, Marty! That Butterworth dome really gave this Rocket some class! 1/22/2015 9:59:12 PM

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