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Erie-Lackawanna "Lake Cities," Chicago (Ill.), 1968 by milanite Via Flickr: The Erie-Lackawanna Railroad's "Lake Cities" leaves Dearborn Station in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, in February 1968.
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Erie-Lackawanna "Lake Cities," Chicago (Ill.), 1968 by milanite Via Flickr: The Erie-Lackawanna Railroad's "Lake Cities" leaves Dearborn Station in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, in February 1968.
“Erie Lackawanna eastbound #6 Lake Cities departing Dearborn Station behind two E8 locomotives, headed for New Jersey.”
Chicago
February 12, 1967
Photo by Paul Enenbach
(via Chicago, 12FEB'67 | Before I captured GTW's "Maple Leaf" dep… | Flickr)
The Lake Cities pulls into Chicago with plenty of head end traffic. September 1955
Chicago & Western Indiana, Chicago, IL, 3/1966
Chicago & Western Indiana RS1 263 pulls the Erie Lackawanna Lake Cities out of Dearborn Station, Chicago, IL, 3/1966
Last Run 2 Jan. 70 by Joseph Petric Via Flickr: Former Erie E8A #825 was our lead unit, as the last "Lake Cities" prepared to leave Dearborn Street Station, January 4, 1970.
Erie Lackawanna - Dearborn Street by d.w.davidson Via Flickr: Erie Lackawanna train No. 6, the Lake Cities, prepares for departure from Dearborn Station, on the day after Christmas, 1964. Photo by Owen Leander.
Chicago, 4 JAN'70
The Erie Lackawanna's eastbound #6, "The Lake Cities", makes its farewell run near Torrence Ave. and 117the Street on the Chicago & Western Indiana trackage rights from Dearborn Station. Compared to other views I have of this train in its last couple years, it appears that a couple of coaches have been added for the last from Chicago to Hoboken. In my first views during the late '60s, there was a lot of mail and express on the head end, while dining and sleeping car service was added/subtracted farther east. The removal of that "M&E" revenue was the killer of lots of passenger trains in this era. It appears that the cab has some "suits" along for the last ride, although one of those is probably the engineer. It was not uncommon for the engine crew to dress up for such occasions; too bad the railroad didn't see fit to dress up those E-units with at least a decent bath.