CTA fan trip utilizing 4000-series cars painted in Chicago Rapid Transit Co. colors heads southbound passing a northbound Ravenswood train using refurbished 6000-series EMU's. The 6000's utilized ... (more)

While I was looking at slides the other day, I noticed this one. While I worked at Amtrak during the 1980's, I often took my cameras with me. Every chance I got, I photographed the trains and scen... (more)

United States Steel Had a dominant presence in the city of Chicago, with four huge steel mills: Waukegan, IL; Joliet, IL; Gary, IN; and South Works in southeastern Chicago. Built at Lake Michigan ... (more)

Probably my favorite railroad subject was chasing and photographing Interlake (Acme) Steel's "Thermos Bottle" trains. These unusual trains ran on various routes over the years, between Interlake S... (more)

SW1001 B/N 37079, B/D 07/71. One of last two switchers purchased new by EJ&E. Paul Hunnell photo, collection of James Humbert.

Rare CGW BLW switcher rests between assignments at Chicago Transfer, CGW's main Chicago classification facility. This yard was located on B&OCT's Altenheim Subdivision on Chicago's West Side. Jame... (more)

Conrail GP15-1 1676 rests between runs at Interlake Steel Corporation's South Chicago Ironmaking Works. Located along the Calumet River's eastern bank, Interlake produced coke and iron at South Ch... (more)

Alco RS32 makes a rare appearance at Proviso Yard in suburban Chicago. Most of its service life was spent working between Winona, MN and Rapid City, SD, later around Green Bay, WI. Collection of J... (more)

Another site I visited frequently was Pine Junction, a very busy location in Gary, IN. It was a junction between two different Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad subdivisions, the New York... (more)