In a view from the Polk Street overpass, Conrail EMD SW1 No. 8429 rattles through trackage approaching Chicago Union Station in May 1983. The elderly locomotive was built for New York Central in M... (more)

Saved Twice. Chicago, Aurora & Elgin car 458 is one of the newest arrivals at at the Fox River Trolley Museum. Built in 1946 by the St. Louis Car Company, it was the last order that the CA&... (more)

A brass band greets the last run of the Chicago South Shore & South Bend’s old interurban cars into Chicago’s Randolph Street Station on September 25, 1983. The six-car special train is led by... (more)

Amtrak's 'Pepsi Can' painted power is ready and waiting at the Lumber Street facility with the Chicago skyline and the 'Sears Tower' backdrop on a clear May first day in 1997.

On Veterans Day 2022, Metra Rush Hour is underway at where Noble Street Tower once was as METX 151 heads into the last bit of evening golden hour with Metra 39 for Elburn while Metra’s Heritage ... (more)

It’s a beautiful, and warm fall morning in Downtown Chicago, as L536 winds out of Downtown Chicago at 35th Street with a matching set of IC SD70s, 1029 and 1007. Most of the time a straight shot... (more)

CN 9615 leads the L515 southbound past the 211th Street Station in south suburban Olympia Fields.

IHB power waits for the next assignment at the IHB Blue Island Yard on a beautiful fall morning.

Out in the Street. Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) 3200-Series no. 3401 (Morrison-Knudsen, 1992-1994) is seen departing Francisco Station en-route to Kimball. Between Rockwell and Kimba... (more)

Frisco 1630 holds up traffic at Depot Street at the Illinois Railway Museum during a nighttime photo shoot as it meets a '37 International, a '49 Hudson, and a '50 Studebaker.

Frisco 1630's engineer surveys the route ahead as the locomotive poses at Depot Street.

Metra was in the process of moving two Charter private cars from Chicago Union Station to LaSalle Street. Seen here crossing Hickory Creek on Joliet's east side, NIRC 8 is in charge. #8 was built ... (more)

A pair of Amtrak P42's pull down out of the yard at the 18th Street Shops, putting together a trainset for a night departure of one of Amtrak's long distance trains. The train is crossing the Chic... (more)

IHB 1501 one of the few remaining IHB SW1500's still in the orange livery waits for its next assignment at Blue Island Yard.

The 2022 AAPRCO special arrives in Joliet after a run from Chicago Union Station and down the Heritage Corridor. From here, the train takes the Rock Island District back to LaSalle Street Station ... (more)