RailPictures.Net Photo: CNW 414 Chicago & North Western Railroad EMD F7(A) at Des Plaines, Illinois by Bill Edgar

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» Chicago & North Western Railroad (more..)
» EMD F7(A) (more..)

» Near Deval tower
» Des Plaines, Illinois, USA (more..)
» June 11, 1979

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A Saturday afternoon "Scoot" accelerates out of Des Plaines, IL, heading northwest towards Harvard, IL at Deval tower on a humid stormy day. The former freight F7 looked a bit shop worn, but still reliably kept the commuter train schedules on Chicago's northwest side in 1979.

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