Chicagoland in Film 1969-1989

Super 8 film from the late Red Moser , supplemented with some clips I shot on a western train trip in 1970. The opening scenes show the Chicago downtown and lakefront areas. Most of the footage is from 1974, a few years into Amtrak when the SDP40F's were the new kid on the block. A good mix of long distance and commuter trains out of Union and C&NW stations is shown, as well as a brief look at the Rock Island at New Lenox by George H Meyer. The final sequences are from 1989 at the 50th Anniversary of the FT exhibition at the EMD Plant in Lagrange, IL. Sounds are from my video library and Arkay records.