Burlington Northern Locomotives

Photos by Mike Condren

Suburban E-Units

This westbound commuter train is headed by 9900, the class engine, as it slows for the station stop at Lisle, IL on June 16, 1979.

BN 9901 is seen slowing for the station stop at Lisle on June 15, 1979.

Construction of the new station at Lisle is evident in this shot of 9902 slowing for the station stop on June 15, 1979.

A morning rush train is seen leaving the station at Lisle on June 18, 1979.

A long afternoon commuter is seen slowing for the station at Lisle on June 15, 1979.

This commuter train is seen accelerating toward Chicago on this scene east of the Lisle station on June 17, 1979.

BN 9904 is seen arriving at the Lisle station on June 15, 1979.

This eastbound express is slowing to pickup these people before continuing to Chicago on June 18, 1979.

A westbound evening commuter train is slowing for the station stop at Lisle on june 15, 1979.

BN 9907 heads up an express blasting through Lisle on June 15, 1979.

Another express is seen passing through Lisle westbound on June 15, 1979.

This commuter is seen stopping at Lisle on June 15, 1979.

Bn 9911 is seen westbound on a local commuter as it prepares to stop at the station at Lisle on June 15, 1979.

This is an eastbound express commuter train seen passing a second commuter train in the station at Lisle, IL on June 18. 1979.

This long suburban train is seen being passed by an express while in the Lisle, IL station and then passing me east of the station on June 18, 1979.

This afternoon rush train is seen slowing for the Lisle station on June 15, 1979.

This is the same train the next day slowing for the Lisle station on June 16, 1979.

BN 9914 is seen now westbound in the morning of June 18, 1979. It meets an eastbound express which is seen in the distance of the second shot.

This commuter train is unloading at the station in the station at Lisle, IL on June 15, 1979.

This eastbound commuter is seen leaving the station at Lisle, IL on June 18, 1979.

BN 9917 is seen leading an express train on the center track as it blasts through the station at Lisle on June 15, 1979.

BN 9918 is seen arriving at the station in Lisle on June 15, 1979.

We next see the same train returning from Aurora, meeting an Amtrak train and then leaving the station at Lisle on June 15, 1979.

The morning rush is in full action at the suburban station at Lisle, IL, which is being rebuilt, on June 15, 1979.

This morning rush train was shot at Lisle, IL on June 18, 1979.

This morning rush train is seen at the signal bridge east of the station at Lisle, IL on June 16, 1979.

This westbound suburban train is rounding the curve just east of the station at Lisle, IL on June 15, 1979.

This eastbound was shot in the afternoon of June 16, 1979 just east of the Lisle, IL station.

This westbound train is seen later that day in Lisle, note the headlight in the distance.

This eastbound train is seen leaving the station at Lisle, IL on the afternoon of June 16, 1979.

This eastbound train is seen leaving the station at Lisle, IL on June 17, 1979.

This train is seen in Donners Grove, IL on June 17, 1979.

This train is seen with the apartment of my wife's roommate from grad school in the background on June 18, 1979.

This "Express" is seen on the middle track, meaning it will not stop in Lisle, on June 15, 1979.

We got off this train at Lisle on June 15, 1979.

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