The final run of the Highliner

PUBLISHED: February 12, 2016 at 3:30 PM CST | UPDATED: May 11, 2019 at 2:23 PM CDT

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Forty-four years after the debut of the original Highliner cars on the Metra Electric Line, the last six of them carried their final passengers from Chicago to University Park on Feb 12, 2016.

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