This Burlington Northern "dinky" suburban train is outbound for Aurora, Ill., the outer end of the railroad's Chicago-area commuter line, as it approaches Roosevelt Road just south of Chicago Union Station.

The train is passing the former CB&Q coach yard, from which the railroad launched its famous "Zephyr" fleet. A number of passenger cars are visible, including a gaggle of Budd domes.

Photographed by Thomas McCann, June 14, 1971.
Added to the photo archive by Thomas McCann, June 9, 2010.
Railroad: Burlington Northern.

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