Sunday, September 21, 2025

Berwyn, IL: Metra/CB&Q Depots: Harlem Ave, Berwyn and LaVergne

Harlem Ave: (Satellite)
Berwyn: (Satellite)
LaVergne: (Satellite)

Harlem Avenue Depot


Fikriel Vic posted
Reliving the steam era: The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad No. 2918 stops at Berwyn's Harlem Avenue Station in 1936.
Thomas Whitt shared
Timothy Leppert: Looks like a photo taken from a tower? Plus, you can see control rods by the North side platform heading to the signal bridge. Great photo.
William Shapotkin: Timothy Leppert Yes, the photo was taken from a tower. Note the tracks in Harlem Ave -- those tracks are of the Chicago & West Towns BERWYN-LYONS carline (today service is provided by PACE bus Rt #302 -- OGDEN/STANLEY). The crossing was interlocked -- thus providing protection for both CB&Q and C&WT.
Timothy Leppert: William Shapotkin Thanks, Excellent. When I used to drive the Commuters, I could see many old building foundations from the past. There is such a great history for this service and it was a great career.

Street View, May 2024

Berwyn Depot


Sam Johnson posted
View on a snowy and frigid morning in December 1929 of a Chicago bound CB&Q commuter train making a station stop at Berwyn, Illinois.
(Chicago Historical Society)
Joseph Obrien shared

Andy Zukowski posted
CB&Q Eastbound Railroad Depot in Berwyn, Illinois. 1969
Richard Fiedler shared

Looking East:
Street View, Sep 2021

Looking West:
Street View, Jul 2017

Miles Jajich, Jun 2020

1 comment:

  1. I used that station for many years. I've always loved the stonework.

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