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Budd Highliner

20 photographs
A silver and orange double-decker commuter train car with the number 1548 on its side, parked in a rail yard next to another identical car with number 345, under an overcast sky. The logo on the side is a red 'I'. An Illinois Central Highliner electric multiple-unit car, numbered 1548, is shown in a yard in 1978, with another Highliner, number 345, visible on an adjacent track. 1978 · 83rd St. Yard A silver electric train with a red and blue stripe, marked 'Not in service,' is stopped at a station platform with a wooden work car and two workers behind it. A sign reads 'EVANSTON.' A South Shore Line Highliner train, number 587, is shown at a station platform with a 'Not in service' sign in the front window, accompanied by a work car with two workers on board. August 13, 1978 · Howard St., Chicago, IL A silver and orange bi-level electric train with the number 225 is stopped on tracks that cross a street in a city, with a brick building and a billboard in the background. A South Shore Line Highliner electric multiple-unit car, number 225, at a street-level crossing in Chicago in 1983. 1983 · 121st and Halsted, Chicago, IL A Metra Highliner train, gray with a blue stripe and logo, travels on tracks with a red-and-white striped rear end, next to a station platform with two people standing on it. A Metra Highliner train with a distinctive red-and-white striped rear end travels along a private right-of-way past a station platform. c. 1984 to 2000 · Oakpark Ave, Oak Park, IL Two silver South Shore Line trains in a yard, one with a crumpled front end, beside a large dark building under a clear sky. A Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad Highliner train after a collision in a yard, with the lead car unscathed and the trailing car heavily damaged. April 28, 1985 · Michigan City, IN Two silver Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad Highliner cars, one with the number 1120, are coupled on a track in a yard under a clear sky with bare trees. A Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad Highliner electric multiple-unit train, number 1120, is shown in a rail yard. April 28, 1985 · Michigan City, IN Front view of a South Shore Line electric train car, number 21, inside a rail shop with maintenance equipment and other cars nearby. A South Shore Line Budd Highliner electric multiple-unit car, number 21, is shown front-on inside a shop, with the RTA logo displayed on its nose. October 11, 1986 · Michigan City, IN A silver and orange double-decker electric train car with the number 119 on its front moves along curved tracks in a sunlit rail yard with multiple overhead wires and a city skyline in the background. A Metra Highliner electric multiple-unit car, numbered 119, navigates a curved track in a rail yard under overhead wires. November 14, 1987 · 18th Street, Chicago, IL A red, gray, and black Metra Highliner train car, number 505, shown from the front three-quarter view on a sunny day, with another car and overhead power lines in the background. A Metra Highliner electric multiple-unit car, number 505, sits in a yard with its consistent pantographs raised under overhead wires, its red, gray, and black livery clearly visible. March 24, 1990 · Blue Island, IL A silver and orange electric train car with the number 1597 and Regional Transportation Authority lettering, viewed from the rear quarter on multiple railroad tracks. A Regional Transportation Authority Highliner electric multiple-unit car, number 1597, is shown in a three-quarter rear view on a private right-of-way. June 4, 1990 · 8th St. and Michigan, Chicago, IL An orange and silver double-decker commuter train with 'Atlanta 1996' on its side travels on an elevated track in a city with brick buildings and a large chimney in the background. A Metra Highliner electric multiple-unit car with 'Atlanta 1996' Olympic graphics travels on an elevated structure in Chicago, with industrial buildings and a 'BRAUN BOT' storefront in the foreground. June 1996 · Canal and Lake, Chicago, IL A side view of a silver and blue Metra Highliner train car, number 1583, on a snowy elevated track with a city building in the background. A Metra Highliner electric multiple-unit car, number 1583, is seen on an elevated structure during winter. December 23, 1997 · Harrison, MI A silver Metra train with a red and white striped cab end is moving on tracks bordered by trees and gravel. A Metra Highliner electric multiple-unit train travels along a private right-of-way with a red and white striped cab end. September 1, 1998 · Oak Park Ave., IL A silver Metra Highliner train with red diagonal stripes on its end travels along curving tracks under a clear blue sky, with parked cars and brick buildings in the background. A Metra Highliner EMU, likely from the 1980s or 1990s, travels along a private right-of-way in Elmwood Park, Illinois. September 16, 1998 · Elmwood Park, IL A silver and orange South Shore Line Highliner train with the number 100 on its front, traveling on parallel tracks beside a blue and red Amtrak train, under a steel truss bridge on a cloudy day with bare trees in the background. A South Shore Line Highliner electric multiple-unit train, numbered 100, travels on its own tracks next to an Amtrak train in a winter landscape. February 1, 1999 · Van Buren (Balbo ?, MI A Metra Highliner train car, numbered 758, sits on tracks under a concrete bridge with snow on the ground. A Metra Highliner electric multiple-unit car, number 758, under a concrete bridge in a snowy yard. February 1, 1999 · Balbo, Chicago, IL Two silver, blue, and red Metra Highliner train cars, numbered 1660, are on railroad tracks under a steel bridge, with snow on the ground and bare trees in the background. A Metra Highliner electric multiple-unit car, number 1660, travels on a private right-of-way under a truss bridge in winter. February 1, 1999 · Balbo, Chicago, IL A silver, blue, and red double-decker Metra train car with the number 1659 sits on tracks under a bridge, with snow on the ground. A Metra Highliner electric multiple-unit car, number 1659, is shown in a yard during winter. February 1, 1999 · Michigan and Balbo, Chicago, IL A silver, red, and brown Metra Highliner train car with the number 124, stopped at a station platform in a winter scene with snow on the ground and bare trees in the background. A Metra Highliner electric multiple-unit car, number 124, is shown at a station platform in winter. February 1, 1999 · Van Buren, MI A silver double-decker commuter train with red and white striped ends moves along tracks bordered by snow and utility poles under a clear sky. A Metra Highliner electric multiple-unit train travels along a private right-of-way in a Chicago suburb during winter. February 6, 1999 · Nieva Ave