Metra 184 arrives into New Lenox with a inbound train.

Chicago Navy Pier Fireworks is seen behind the Amtrak shop areas, St. Charles Airline bridge and one of the few still active rail served businesses in this area.

BNSF 2732 runs its wheels off assisting #4 from Albuquerque to Chicago as it rolls out its final 11 miles blasting through Riverside just before sunset.

CP's Geometry Train is seen testing Metra's Rock Island District as it heads south by 16th Street Tower.

12 years after it was painted, The Belt Railway of Chicago's bicentennial contribution leads a transfer along CSX's former B&OCT to Barr Yard. Tom Golden photo.

Metra 137 departs Berkeley with a inbound train.

An F40C sleeps with its train outside Elgin, Ill., waiting for the next morning's commuter rush.

Westbound fruit train approaches the Clinton crew change.

EJ&E 663 brings a coal train out of the fog in Hammond, IN in March of 1985. Railfanning is hard when you can't see the train until it's 100 yards away!

Metra MP36 401, the "Ollie" Tibbles unit, leads a outbound train under the Pennsy signals at Racine Ave in Chicago. This unit was recently rebuilt to MP36PH-3C standards at Metra's 47th ... (more)

A dream come true. I have always wanted to shoot the C&NW Twins passing C&NW signals. Well on the morning of my birthday, I said enough was enough and made a dream a reality. C&NW 8646 leads the w... (more)

A pair of BC Rail barns hold down M348 at the Rock, waiting for signal indication from Metra.

Rock Island service departs Lasalle Street Station.

I've always wanted a shot with the Sears tower in the background. Well this past Sunday, I finally got a chance at it. Earlier in the day Amtrak 42 led Amtrak 8 into Chicago. As luck would have it... (more)

Amtrak 83 sits outside Amtraks shops in Chicago, IL while the Sears tower looks on.