Nostalgia & History > Toss Back Tuesday - Joliet, Illinois

These two images were next to each other on a strip of 120 roll film black and white negatives. What a contrast could be seen in railfanning Joliet, Illinois in early April 1972!
1) Santa Fe 3145 on the point of a local.
2) A Chicago-bound Amtrak passenger train with the ex-Burlington Silver Tower as its observation car.
Bob



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/15/25 04:45 by refarkas.

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Excellent pair.
JB

My first railfan photos were taken at those locations in Joliet in ‘71/‘72. Unfortunately they were on a 110 instamatic.

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Thanks for the Joliet images.  My first real railfanning location was always an amazing place.

-John

Two fine shots. The Silver Tower was my favorite of all of the ex-Burlington dome-parlor-observation cars, it and sister Silver Patio were typically assigned to the Chicago - KC Kansas City Zephyr, the daytime schedule between those two cities. Ccounterpart American Royal Zephyr held down the overnight duties, with a similar cars..

Nice shot of Silver Tower at Joliet during the Amtrak "rainbow era".It's still around, and is for sale by Ozark Mountain Railcar. Looking okay outside from the photos on the website, but very shabby inside.

MC



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Great little passenger train!
Thanks for posting.
Regards, Jim Evans

Both photos are very nice historic ones, thanks for sharing with all of us.
John in White Marsh, Maryland

Nice pair!

TRom

Great times at Joliet !
Like the blunt end Burlington car.
Gary

Very NICE look back Bob!

Larry

Interesting that the ATSF is on the southboound GM&O track.
Perhaps a delivery to the GM&O at South Joliet.

The GM&O and ATSF tracks in the plant were actually joint tracks so
perhaps it was just off the normal route.