A Kimball-bound el train heads over the north branch of the Chicago river.

A P32 pushes an inbound Hiawatha service train through A-2. The P32 was running as protection power, and judging by the bad smell coming from the P42 it was a good thing it was there. Note the swi... (more)

A light power movement of blue and gold holds at Cragin

The every changing deadline at Woodcrest now contains possibly the only GTW SD40s left in red and blue.

A very neat lash-up consisting of a frozen SD60I and some Conrail Quality depart the 59th Street intermodal ramp.

An Evanston shuttle train heads for Howard street. The CTA line between Howard and Linden street in Wilmette is a former Milwaukee Road right of way that was leased and finally sold off by the Mil... (more)

A former Southern Pacific GP40P sits awaiting work at Argo at dusk, as steam from the factories rises up behind them. Note the IHB switcher lashed up with a number of Class 1 units.

In spite of how genteel the South Loop has grown, one industrial job remains, serving a venerable local industry. How much longer before this local joins the B&O bridge towering over it in the pag... (more)

An eclectic lashup pulls M337 over the bridge at Bridgeport Junction. Note the remains of the catwalk at the top of the bridge where the tower that once controlled the interlocking here stood long... (more)

The guys in the Metra BNSF service car shops have had some fun, adding "BNSF Railway" legends to some of the empty name plates on the older Budd-built cars. Some might remember that prior to RTA/M... (more)

A BNSF coal drag races through Riverside stirring up a good cloud of snow.

Under heavy lake effect snow, the CTA Holiday train is running the Skokie Swift, seen here passing under one of the old North Shore catenary supports that dot this line. Instead of the normal four... (more)

A set of Pullman-built Highliners makes its way down the rustic Blue Island branch under falling snow.

Recently rebuilt as an F40PH-3, Metra 111 pushes a scoot east.