Metra Electric. On a hot and hazy June 16, 2006, a modest 4 car train of Metra "Highliner" MU Coaches led by METX 1515 on train 315 (built by St. Louis, 1971-72, rebuilt by Amerai... (more)

After an overnight snowfall of around 14 inches, Metra 915, the first outbound Heritage Corridor train of the day sends snow flying as it impacts a plow line on Second Street in Lockport at tracks... (more)

Metra's first Heritage Corridor train of the evening busts a plow line at Lockport's 2nd Street crossing.

Running over 3 hours late, Amtrak 300 heads north at trackspeed in over a foot of snow through Lockport, busting through the plow line at 13th Street at the Lockport Metra Station.

A westbound Chicago & North Western Railway freight crosses over Diggins Street as it passes through Harvard, Illinois, on its way Janesville, Wisconsin, on June 13, 1993.

The Many Faces of Amtrak

Sitting at Amtrak's 16th Street Diesel Shop is a variety of motive power: On the left is AMTK MP14B 592, and next to that is Illinois Department of Tran... (more)

On April 25th, 1946 in Naperville at 1:03pm a train slammed into another train that was stopped on the tracks killing 46 people and injuring 125. The engineer of the train that hit the stopped one... (more)

UP's "Peoria Wayfreight" approaches the entrance to their Adams Street yard with hoppers pulled from the ADM ethanol plant. At this point in time, UP had yard locomotives assigned to th... (more)

One thing I've always liked about downtown Chicago is that it sees veteran Union Pacific GP15-1's handling Metra equipment on a daily basis. Enroute from the California Avenue Coach Yard to Ogilvi... (more)

a pair of Northwestern SD40-2's lead a transfer train past the old C&WI 40th Street tower in Chicago Illinois

Just south of Union Station is Amtrak’s 16th Street Engine Facility, where the carrier’s locomotives and cars get serviced and receive light repairs. We see Amtrak Non-Powered Control Unit (N... (more)

Looking right at home as its been many years since an EJE SD38-2 has lead a train down the Illinois River Line on a job that has been dominated by IC SD70's.

A nice locomotive consist works the east end of Blue Island Yard on a nice morning in south suburban Riverdale.

An IHB yard job with an interesting locomotive consist works the yard while IHB 3801 stands by and watches the show.

After bringing MKCVN from Kansas City, KCS 4009 sets off a block of hoppers alongside deadlines of locomotives no longer on the roster.