WB stack with EMPU/CSX/Hub containers meets an EB Pacer stack in perfect glint! This was the second day in a row Glen Ellyn had signal troubles requiring ALL trains to slow down for the crossings.... (more)
An inbound Metra heads to Chicago Union Station under stormy skies.
The BRC KCK takes "center" track on it's way west. For awhile, before winter, it was running on track 3 nearest the platform I'm standing on. See another view at the station in photo 311409.
An EB "Z" train heads east past the Chana station sign for Chicago from the PNW.
CS...missing the "X" since at least July, 2010, the CSXT 4812 leads a hopper train westbound at the beginning of the afternoon rush.
New signals are waiting to be turned on as a Pacer, CSX, and EMP domestic stack train rounds one of the many curves in Wheaton/Glen Ellyn.
An outbound train leaves the city as it's dwarfwed by some of the skyscrapers inluding Trump Tower. The former Pennsy bri... (more)
A beautiful cloud-free mid May morning day's silence is broken up by a pair of express trains. Whether or not you like passenger trains, there is no "rush" like two express trains passing each ot... (more)
The local maintenance crew watches on as another load of coal passes an outbound "dinky."
The BRC KCK takes "center" track on it's way west. For awhile, before winter, it was running on track 3 nearest the platform I'm standing on. See another view at photo Railroad: BNSF RailwayLocomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)Location: Hinsdale, Illinois, USALocomotive #: BNSF 4493Train ID: BRCKCKPhoto Date: January 08, 2010
An outbound commuter train flies under the old and new signals at Highlands. The old signal bridge was taken down a little over two weeks later on the 24th.
The 1:00 outbound train passes some signalmen.
