HZRX CF7 #1500 is still earning its keep in 2023 at South Chicago Recycling off Avenue O and 116th Street. The engine is leased from Horizon Rail, or HZRX. It was originally built as a F7A for the... (more)

A BNSF yard job takes headroom towards the BRC as an eastbound suburban takes the signal at Cicero. In the foreground is the former Manufactures Junction Railway which lost its last customer some... (more)

The first revenue trip, leading, for Metra's rebuilt SD70MACHs as 2135 arrives at Long Lake.

CP GP20C-ECO 2246 leads the 2023 CPKC Holiday Train West through Hampshire in the snow.

Santa Fe GP50 3842 leads a trio of Superfleet GP60Ms and a GP60B west on the south side of Streator with a 199 high priority Intermodal train made up mostly if not entirely of TOFC. Santa Fe was n... (more)

Hlcx 3845 and other's sit around at Metro East Industries

UP 4533 shoves the business train into the city winding through the S curve at Ogden Ave.

UP 4533 shove the UP business train off the Rockwell connection as its heads downtown for Ogilvie Transportation Center.

Milwaukee District North Line train #2621 with the Milwaukee heritage MP36 is seen through the former West Side Elevated bride at Paulina Street.

Santa Fe EMD GP30 No. 2746 leads AT&SF train 301 into Houlihan’s Curve as it descends Edelstein Hill west of Chillicothe, Illinois, at 3:23 p.m. on May 11, 1991.

A fleet of Metra bi-level cab cars facing Chicago’s Loop with commuter trains, wait out the work day laying over at the BNSF/Metra coach yard along Canal Street at Chicago, Illinois, as seen fro... (more)

The "WE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS" set is fresh in off of a Q194 /195 trip and is inspected at the Woodcrest Shops. Here the set is being put into the building for the inspection and cleaning.

AMTK 519 leads Hiawatha train #339 out of Chicago passing under the signal bridge at Green Street.

AMTK 519 pushes Hiawatha train #338 by Tower A5 as it rolls out its final miles to Chicago Union Station.

Its sure an interesting mix of power at Metra's Western Avenue Yard.