(1) North Western, still in use as the Oglivie Transportation Center. New butterfly train shed and atrium of office tower replace the 1911 train hall, concourse, and Bush train shed.
(2) Union. Pennsylvania Railroad style. The 1925 train hall is in place and in use as such (see my Chicago trip notes for a partial picture.) The concourse areas (Union is a double-stub station) were replaced with office buildings. There are escalators from street level to the commuter trains, which makes placement of those trains at predictable platforms important as there's little room to mill around. There is an Amtrak departure lounge out of that traffic flow.
(3) Grand Central. Classic six-track arched train shed and towered head building in the style of a Norman fortress. Built for Wisconsin Central and last used by Baltimore and Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio. Closed 1969, demolished 1972.
(4) La Salle. New train shed starting a block south of the old one still in use for the Metra Rock Island service. Original train shed and train hall (inside an office building) demolished in the 1980s. Replaced by a trading house. Conveniently located for trading house workers in southwestern suburbs.
(5) Dearborn. (Used by the Santa Fe and Wabash westbound and the Erie and Grand Trunk Western eastbound.) Train shed demolished. Train hall and head building in use as an office and gallery complex.
(6) [Illinois] Central. Closed 1973 and demolished shortly afterward.
In addition there were three interurban terminals. The northernmost Illinois Central suburban station and the main South Shore Line terminal are under Randolph Street east of Michigan Avenue. These facilities are being rebuilt as Millennium Station. The North Shore Line's main departure station was the Adams and Wabash station on the Loop, with an adjoining ticketing hall. Because both tracks on the Loop operated counterclockwise, only northbound North Shore Line trains called there. The Chicago Aurora and Elgin used the Wells Terminal of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Line.
The internet is a bit slow this evening. I will post a comment updating this comment with some pictures. Stephen Karlson ATTITUDE is a nine letter word. BOATSPEED.
Then, once again around the loop, arriving from Elburn, the suburban station closest to DeKalb.
(1) North Western Wikipedia entry (note modern concourse ... up the escalator, through the revolving doors, and directly to the regularly assigned track) and some vintage postcards (one with Washington, DC as bonus.)
(2) Union Wikipedia entry, and some recent pictures in the waiting room.
(3) Grand Central (the Grand Central STATION is in Chicago. The one in New York is Grand Central TERMINAL.) Wikipedia entry and vintage postcard.
(4) LaSalle Street Wikipedia entry and vintage postcard. In many ways the 1903-1981 station was ahead of its time as the train hall was below an office building and the station facilities were somewhat sparse. This was the station for the New York Central's de luxe trains including the Twentieth Century Limited whose tail sign inspired the 20th Century Fox movie logo.
(5) Dearborn Street Wikipedia entry and vintage postcard. More history here. That Germanic top -- the architect was one F. W. Eidlitz -- to the clock tower burned in 1922.
(6) [Illinois] Central Wikipedia entry. Stephen Karlson ATTITUDE is a nine letter word. BOATSPEED.
BTW, what became of your query at the library for the Hiawatha 125mph run workers' magazine article? (I possibly missed an update on your blog.) *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
