For the second time in the past month, Amtraks New Orleans to Chicago train has experienced locomotive issues, causing CN to send a rescue pilot to drag the set to Chicago. Todays rescue sports a ... (more)

On a crystal clear evening in downtown Chicago, Metra’s Chicago Burlington & Quincy commemorative locomotive head ends an outbound rush trainset. Seen here from the Roosevelt Rd bridge.

After letting presumably unhappy passengers disembark in Chicago after arriving near 8 hours late, the City of New Orleans train-set heads for the BN wye to spin, so it can be prepped for 59 later... (more)

CR E8A 4022 leads two Amtrak E8 A's out of Chicago Union Station in April of 1977. Unknown Photographer, collection of Colin Kund.

Like A Chicago Seventies Scene. It was not the 1970s but a very retro moment on April 15, 2022 when Amtrak Train 6 (California Zephyr) with AMTK 130 (P42DC, Phase II) and Amtrak 4 (Southwes... (more)

Somewhat unusual at this late date is Amtrak GE P40DC No. 816 leading the California Zephyr. The train has just arrived after its long trip from the west coast at Chicago Union Station on May 17, ... (more)

Metra’s 3:35 p.m. BNSF commuter train to Fairview Avenue is about to depart from Track 10 at Chicago Union Station on May 17, 2023.

Moments after getting settled in Roomette 9 in the 531 car on Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr, which was still waiting for an on time 2:00 p.m. departure within the dark confines of Chicago... (more)

Rolling out of Union Station, two bald PRR E8s 4255 and 4297 leading train 22 the Manhattan Limited on its journey to New York on June 19, 1968. Photo by photographer's name not listed, from my... (more)

The morning rush hour is winding down as Metra train 1232 from the western suburb of Brookfield, making all the local stops en route, passes through the maze of trackage at Control Point Taylor as... (more)

Marble stairs and brass handrails ascend to the Canal Street exit of Chicago Union Station from the Great Hall waiting room area on November 11, 2019.

An Amtrak train (didn't get the ID) crawls into Chicago Union Station on a warm afternoon in the Windy City. Though not visible in this photo, both Patrick Henry Creative Promotions private cars w... (more)

Two For One. Metra F40PH-3s 105 (9/1977) and 119 (10/1977) have just passed under CP Taylor and arrive at Chicago Union Station on the evening of Tuesday, January 26, 2021. The streamlined ... (more)

Metra trains powered by Burlington Northern E9s assemble at Chicago Union Station in October 1983, waiting patiently for commuters to board for a trip home to the western suburbs.

After arriving in Chicago, Illinois on the Amtrak California Zephyr (Train 6) on Thursday, July 30, 2020, Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 801... (more)