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Roosevelt Road

By Brian Schmidt | August 18, 2021

| Last updated on August 8, 2025


Multi-colored diesels move passenger train under signal bridge and out of downtown landscape

Roosevelt Road

Evidence of Penn Central’s pre-1968 legacy — New York Central, Pennsylvania, and PC-painted units — is clearly visible in this 1970 view of LaSalle Street Station. Chicago’s famous Roosevelt Road provided a great view of the downtown passenger terminals. Harold A. Edmonson photo

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