Freshly scrubbed and serviced F7A/F3B/F7B/F7B/F7A consist awaits its train to be made up and delivered to Dearborn Station. Note handsome Monon coach remanufactured from former U.S. Army hospital ... (more)

Collection of James Humbert.

WB Kate Shelley '400' arrives Clinton Street Interlocking, just minutes out of C&NW's Chicago Passenger Terminal at Madison and Canal Streets. Collection of James Humbert.

Five-unit A/B/B/B/A lashup of cab units in CGW's handsome chocolate brown and deep red scheme moves a "mortgage lifter" consist of over 100 cars westbound west of the Indiana Harbor Belt interchan... (more)

"Christine" (EMD re-engined Alco DL109) leads westbound passenger train past 'UD' int. Tower and into Joliet Union Depot. Collection of James Humbert.

This is one of my favorite Pennsy photos. PRR EMD E8a 5768 and an EMD E7A pause at Englewood Union Station in southeast Chicago, making a station stop. Englewood was a major junction between the P... (more)

Preserved 4-6-2 suns itself in the company of an SW8 and another switcher. Collection of James Humbert.

Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad owned Dearborn Station in downtown Chicago and provided access and terminal facilities for Erie; Wabash; Chicago & Eastern Illinois; Monon; Atchison, Topeka & Sa... (more)

Westbound "Scoot" led by a handsome Pacific heads west just past Clinton St. Interlocking near downtown Chicago. Shortly after this photo was taken, steam vanished from North Western commuter serv... (more)

"Christine" (DL109 repowered by EMD) couples to its westbound train at La Salle Street Depot. Colllection of James Humbert.

On my birthday in 1985, I was photographing trains on the elevated Illinois Central Railroad right-of-way near Riverdale Interlocking in Riverdale, IL, when I noticed a long westbound transfer fre... (more)

Two of Rock Island's 10 rare Alco C415 centercabs, owned by UP and leased to CRI&P, switch cars at Burr Oak Yard. Facility is now owned by Metra and used by Chicago Rail link and Iowa Interstate. ... (more)

One of EL's former Erie Alco cab units lays over at Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad's 47th Street engine facility near "Little Englewood." EL used C&WI rails between State Line Tower in Hammond... (more)

I have always been fascinated by steelmaking and steel mills. During my time living in my native Chicago, I was very fortunate to view and photograph in and around many of the mills located there.... (more)

Working customers in downtown Red Wing, one of CGW's Alco roadswitchers is seen on its Red Wing-Mankato Branch. Line is now a very popular bike/recreational trail between Red Wing and Cannon Falls... (more)