Three E7As Blow Their Soot Leaving Chicago Union Station with the CZ Editors Pick! Contributor's Pick!       
After idling in Union Station, the first time the engineer notched up all the built-up soot in the cylinders was blown out as these three elephant-style ladies demonstrated. Photo taken from Roosevelt Road Bridge. The tallest building to the right is the Board of Trade, which today would be obscured by the new and larger Board of Trade Building. The whitish building to the left is the Post Office in the air space above the Stations south tracks. It has a hole through it for Architect Daniel Burnhams Congress Boulevard (Eisenhower, nee Congress, Expressway).
Date: 12/26/1967 Location: Chicago, IL   Map Show Chicago on a rail map Views: 2382 Collection Of:   Marty Bernard
Locomotives: CBQ 9998(E7A)    Author:  Marty Bernard
Three E7As Blow Their Soot Leaving Chicago Union Station with the CZ
Picture Categories: Winter,Yard,Passenger,Track This picture is part of album:  Railfan44's pre-BN Roads
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Kent Nelson General Beautiful shot! Nice quality scan too. 5/27/2007 11:33:45 PM
Jack Toomey General Now that is a classic photo! 5/28/2007 7:27:38 PM
Zachary DeVore General Absolutely beautiful - shots like this show why people need to take pictures and preserve them - to preserve scenes from the past like this. The Pennsylvania Railroad warehouse/freight station is a great additional touch. What an imposing structure - at one time, people tried to make warehouses and factories beautiful. 11/12/2008 8:44:27 PM
Ian Johnstone General Love the PRR boxcars in the backround, great shot also! 11/30/2008 1:18:48 PM
Ron Moraca General WHAT A WONDERFUL PHOTO AND TIME CAPSULE, MARTY!!!!!! 4/28/2011 5:07:35 PM
Bryan Bohn General I can tell it's D&RGW but is that a coach or sleeping car behind the baggage car? 11/6/2012 6:00:45 PM
Marty Bernard General Weren't the coaches up front and the sleepers to the rear? 11/6/2012 6:12:52 PM
Chris Lubinski General I can hear those 6 567's reving up and clearing the manifolds of unburnt gases. 7/16/2014 11:51:05 PM
Chris Lubinski General I can hear those 6 567's reving up and clearing the manifolds of unburnt gases. 7/16/2014 11:51:05 PM

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