Blasting through the four track diamond at the corner of Lake and Wells, a Sunday afternoon CTA commuter makes its rounds through the Windy City on a gloomy Sunday afternoon.

Splitting through downtown Chicago at CTA track speed, a commuter approaches the impressive four track interlocking making its trip around the L.

A CTA Brown line train makes the tight turn at Tower 18 (Lake & Wells Streets) junction in the heart of downtown Chicago. This junction is considered to be one of the busiest railroad junctions in... (more)

Orange Line train in the loop heading towards Midway.

Brown line train in the loop.

Brown Line "El" enters the loop headed southbound. Velvia 50 film.

A lone passenger reads a book while waiting for his train to arrive.

How many modes of transportation do you see? Vehicles including cabs and a bus, bike, rail, and feet. One of the approaches to O'Hare actually comes over the area as well but no planes in this pho... (more)

The CTA's Midway train heads back into the downtown Chicago Loop.

A SB Brown line train comes off the branch track onto track one of the north side four track main at Clark Tower, one of the most complicated junctions on Chicago's "L". On weekends NB trains use ... (more)

The first line equipped with full width cabs, the newest line, the Orange line still operates on part of the original "L" in Chicago. This SB should have an orange sign up front saying "Midway" a... (more)

It's a summer holiday weekend, in fact the busiest weekend of all, the day before the Fourth and Taste of Chicago is downtown; thus eight cars on this Brown Line train pulling out of the terminal ... (more)

Celebrating the Chicago Blackhawks first Stanley Cup win since 1961, a ticker-tape parade makes its way down Washington St. in Chicago's Loop. The huge crowd goes crazy as the buses carrying the p... (more)

A CTA orange line train flys over Tom Ping park's stylish pagoda on its way to Midway airport. The Chicago River is in the foreground. My 200th picture!

While the Loop is distinctively Chicago "L", so are the two dozen grade crossings on the "L". No other heavy rail transit system has them. Here a SB Brown Line train dashes out from behind adjacen... (more)