On my 1984 visit to Chicago I’d made photos and traveled to/from the old North Western Station.
Wow, have things changed.
Yes, I’ve made some visits between then and now, but it’s been a long time.
The old station was torn down not long after my first visit and replaced with an epic glass box. Today, this is known as the Ogilvie Transportation Center.
![The Oglivie Transportation Center as seen in July 2016. Exposed with my Lumix LX7.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Chicago_Oglivie_Transportation_Center_P1490119.jpg?resize=474%2C710)
In the mid-1990s, about the time that Chicago & North Western was folded into Union Pacific, the station’s Bush train sheds were demolished and replaced with more modern platform coverings. I made a few photos during that transition.
Still, it seems a bit strange for me to see the former North Western Station in this modern format. My impressions from 32 years ago remain only in my memory and few photos that I made with my Leicas.
![Inside the Oglivie Transportation Center. Tracks and trains at left. Exposed with my Lumix LX7.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Chicago_Oglivie_Transportation_Center_P1490122.jpg?resize=473%2C709)
![Lake Forest, that's where I'm going. Exposed with my Lumix LX7.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Metra_Trains_to_Waukegan_P1490127.jpg?resize=474%2C710)
![Hot as an oven. Exposed with my Lumix LX7.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Metra_Trains_on_platforms_Chicago_Oglivie_P1490123.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![Metra. Exposed with my Lumix LX7.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Metra_Trains_on_platforms_Chicago_Oglivie_P1490126.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![Panoramic composite exposed with my Lumix LX7. The old F40PH diesels run headend power off the prime mover. Deafening under the sheds.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Metra_Trains_on_platforms_Chicago_Oglivie_Panoramic_P1490134.jpg?resize=474%2C105)
![Exposed with my Lumix LX7.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Metra_Trains_on_platforms_Chicago_Oglivie_P1490132.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
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