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.
