On father's day weekend in June 2017, Nickel Plate 765 became the first steam locomotive to enter LaSalle Street Station since Southern Railway 4501 visited the station in 1973. The 765 pulled trips to Joliet, Illinois over Metra's Rock Island District dubbed the "Joliet Rocket". One of the cars in this excursion train was the former New York Central observation car "Hickory Creek", a car built for the "20th Century Limited" which hadn't been to the station since 1968. Of note, the "Hickory Creek" was the last car on the final run of the "20th Century Limited" to leave LaSalle in December 1967.