nycs-mercury-departs-chicagohttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/nycs-mercury-departs-chicago/NYC’s Mercury departs Chicago | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20140903.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2022-07-292022-08-0543658
In Chicago, trains of New York Central subsidiary Michigan Central generally used Illinois Central’s lakefront Central Station. Here a Hudson starts the Chicago Mercury on its run to Detroit. The terminal’s arched trainshed was removed in the early 1940s.
Richard Luryman photo