Under the Searchlights at A3. Tower A3 is still home to a Milwaukee Road signal bridge, complete with classic searchlights. Amtrak Hiawatha #339 is just beginning its trip out of Chicago to... (more)

UP Y729 running as Metra extra 5901 departs CPT with the 553 headed to Elburn for storage.

Metra F40 109 shoves an inbound commuter train as it pounds across the diamonds at the Tower A2 interlocking, where the Milwaukee District crosses over the Geneva Subdivision. The tower here is on... (more)

With a Little Help from my Friends. Siemens Chargers are becoming more and more common these days. At the same time, they're becoming known for their mechanical failures. Dash 8's have beco... (more)

The second to last Chicago to Milwaukee bound Amtrak Hiawatha of the day, train #339 pops around the corner as it passes the 100+ year old Tower A2 just outside Downtown Chicago with one of Amtrak... (more)

Chargers Recharging. On Friday, August 26, 2022, the Amtrak California Zephyr was powered exclusively by Siemens ALC-42s for the first time. AMTK 301 (First Day, 50th Anniversary) and 309 (... (more)

Like A Chicago Seventies Scene With Tri-X. It was not the 1970s but a very retro moment on April 15, 2022 when Amtrak Train 6 (California Zephyr) with AMTK 130 (P42DC, Phase II) and Amtrak ... (more)

Like A Chicago Seventies Scene. It was not the 1970s but a very retro moment on April 15, 2022 when Amtrak Train 6 (California Zephyr) with AMTK 130 (P42DC, Phase II) and Amtrak 4 (Southwes... (more)

On April 17, 2009, Metra MP36PH-3S No. 411 leads a westbound Metra commuter train out of Chicago and is about to pass under Roosevelt Road.

Santa Fe GE C40-8W 949 built 10/93 at Chicago on October 26, 1993.

The Sears Tower looms tall, as Metra’s Chicago Burlington & Quincy commemorative locomotive crawls out of historic Union Station in downtown Chicago in some nice afternoon light.

Venerable F40PHs continue to soldier on for Chicago's Metra commuter operation, with some still wearing this older scheme. Here, METX 112 leads an afternoon outbound away from Union Station among... (more)

Chicago’s Iconic Tunnels. CN train L536 crawls through Downtown Chicago with IC 1000, the “class unit” IC SD70 leading a CN SD75I and SD70M-2. They are seen here tip toeing under the ... (more)

An early L536 pops out of the McCormick Place as it makes It’s way past 31st Street in Chicago with IC SD70 1000 leading a CN SD75I and CN SD70M-2. Normally, this local gets held up a lot. Betwe... (more)

A variety of Amtrak locomotives awaits their next assignments at the Amtrak shops in downtown Chicago, Illinois on a spring afternoon. Chargers, NPCU's and P42's are all at the ready, along with o... (more)