A Millwaukee District Metra has just crossed the UP Metra lines at Tower A2 and heads for downtown.
On a chilly April night, an inbound dinky crosses Canal St. on the last lap into Union Station.
An out bound Metra passenger train heads north out of Chicago Union Station. Construction equipment can be seen on the left preparing the ground for a new high rise apartment building along the ri... (more)
The New York Central heritage unit leads crude oil train 64W off of the BNSF in downtown Chicago. Photo by Casey Thomason. For more information, visit more)
CTA's 4000s make a rare appearance at Adams & Wabash. They were being moved to Skokie to make room for Red Line trainsets at Linden for when the 95th side closes for construction in the next month... (more)
CTA 4271 & 4272 make their way down Wabash on a rare visit to The Loop
Just like 1968 all over again, the Nebraska Zephyr departs Chicago Union Station on a sunny morning in September.
Nothing like a sunny morning with some IC&E. CP 470 heads south at Archer Avenue, just south of Nerska/Le Moyne.
The Savannah & Atlanta heritage unit heads west on the "Rack Track" at Union Ave.
The Capitol Limited is shown at Grand Central in slide #1 of the three posted here recently. They were all taken on an August day in 1964, at about 9am, as the tower clock reveals. This land tod... (more)
The BOCT switch is working a long distance B&O train.
The crew on the set of power give the railfan a curious look. The SW in the background waits for a path forward to grab onto a consist.
Amtrak P32 #519 shuffles Superliner coaches around the local shops outside of Chicago Union. In the background are the Metra shops.
Amtrak P32 #519 shuffles Superliner coaches around the local shops outside of Chicago Union.
