A shot from Blue Island not taken at the junction....2 GEVOs lead a stack train north on the old B&OCT.
A pair of Big MACs sit at Brighton Park while their crews ran down to the nearby Burger King to get a Whopper.
An IHB geep 40 works the north end of Michigan Avenue Yard while a rail train prepares to depart south and an NS bottle train led by a high hood geep 38-2 sits in the shadows awaiting clearance no... (more)
A Chicago bound NS train navigates the S curve in Hammond as the tracks shift from the old New York Central alignment to the Pennsy alignment.
The Chicago Short Line (now South Chicago and Indiana Harbor) is arguably the most difficult railroad in the Chicago area to catch in action. Here one of four units on the roster leads a transfer ... (more)
The South Chicago and Indiana Harbor (former Chicago Short Line) has a roster of only four switch engines. Usually hidden from the public eye switching steel mills, it was a rare treat to catch on... (more)
Chicago Rail Link works the maze of industrial tracks on Chicago's far southeast side.
A UP SD70M leads an intermodal train north toward Chicago as it crosses the Kankakee River. As usual, the cool power was trailing.
An NS stack train approaches the Illinois state line and Chicago city limits as it rolls past the Hammond Amtrak station.
A CP GEVO basks in the morning sun before the festivities begin at Franklin Park Railroad Days.
A single CP AC leads an empty coal train up the IHB in the last rays evening light.
An autorack train with BNSF power rolls through Blue Island Junction on the old Grand Trunk Western main.
Iowa Interstate's road frieght out of Chicagoland accelerates through the forest preserves in the south suburbs.
The classic shot of the Amtrak facility off the 18th St. bridge.
An inbound Metra Electric trainset of only two cars streaks through Grant Park with the Chicago skyline standing tall in the background.
