A Virginia Railway Express commuter train, pulled by MP36PH-3C V67, threads its way through the maze of double-slip switches in Washington Union Station as it brings another trainload of passenger... (more)

ATSF 105 & mate has tied onto the employee passenger special at Joliet, IL and would soon depart for Corwith Yard, Chicago.

Class Dash 8-40BW, ATSF 500, gets a roll on it as it proceeds by Union Station at Joliet with an intermodal hotshot out of Corwith Yard, Chicago. Everything is better with a warbonnet on it!

As Amtrak train 56, the Washington DC to Saint Albans, Vermont Vermonter, pauses for its electric locomotive (and one coach) to be removed (AMTK ACS-63 626, on the right) and swapped for a ... (more)

AMTK 447 waits to depart Union Station while an Amtrak Turbo Train arrives from St. Louis, passing under the Union Station tower that controls the trackage south of the terminal.

ATSF 575 leading an eastbound Q train takes five at Joliet near Union Station while the Employee Passenger Special gets under way just ahead of it. Soon both trains will be headed for Corwith Yard... (more)

ATSF 104 & 105 slow to a stop at Joliet Union Station where they will uncouple from their train and run around to the rear for a return to Corwith, in Chicago. They are handling an employee passen... (more)

Santa Fe employees and their families enjoy a day of train riding on the Santa Fe mainline between Joliet & the Chicago area. The train is about to depart Joliet for an eastward run. I believe the... (more)

Santa Fe employees and their families enjoy a day of train riding on the Santa Fe mainline between Joliet & the Chicago area. Here engines 105 & 104 are running around their special train and will... (more)

Although the timetable calls this train the "Northwest Talgo," conventional Superliner equipment is being used tonight.

Early Morning Empties Run. Grain empties proceed by the former Union Station, now the California Dreaming restaurant, with a blue BC Rail unit trailing second.

Anniversary Train. On July 16, 2011, the Amtrak 40th Anniversary Exhibit Train visited New Haven, Connecticut, sitting on the platform for the weekend for visitors to enjoy. The train spent... (more)

AMTK 203 leading Southwest Chief leaving Chicago Union Station

An ex PC unit, still showing evidence thereof, is switching an Amtrak train. Photo by Dave Petke.

BN 9984 dressed in an early attempt at a BN color scheme for former CB&Q E units idles at a platform in Chicago Union Station with a "Dinky", the nickname often associated with Burlingto... (more)