The action is hot and heavy as two Metra trains pass on the north lead into Union Station while a CTA train rumbles by overhead in the background. Provia 100 slide film.

IC 1003 blasts through to concrete jungles of Chicago leading CN train L536. The Glenn Yard to Kirk Yard train has been notorious for a few years now for having Illinois Central power leading over... (more)

UP 815 pulls out for more head room and approaches some tank cars on the branch for the Blommer Chocolate factory.

UP 815 is pulling cars out of the Chicago Tribune as they come up on W Grand Ave. The switch (buried in the weeds) splits into two lines. The line on the left is a branch that used to connect with... (more)

UP 815 heads south through downtown Chicago with cars for the Chicago Tribune. Here they pass through a "tunnel" under some streets and skyscrapers.

After trekking through downtown Chicago, M337 heads over the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. The train is a mile or two out from Hawthorne Yard where the train will be recrewed and head west to I... (more)

A duo of CSX SD40-2s lead CN M337 west through the city.

IC 1029 leads L537, a Kirk to Glenn train, west through the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. At one point this is where the IC, Santa Fe, and the GM&O all crossed the Bubbly Creek.

It's a gorgeous day in downtown Chicago and CN gave us fans a good one! Here we see CSXT 8823 lead M337 through Chicago on the old Illinois Central. To the left is the St. Charles Air Line drawbri... (more)

NIRC SW1 #2 serves as the shop switcher at Metra's 47th Street Facility. On a cloudy afternoon, it's seen doing its switching work. Unlike it's sister (NIRC 1), #2 is rarely viewed by the public e... (more)

A Saturday afternoon Metra commuter train heads out of Chicago on the Milwaukee behind MP36 426. The train is passing under one of the more unique signal installations on Metra, with signal heads ... (more)

A trio of IC SD70s lead CN L536 south at 41st Street in Chicago.

Q369 heads west on NS rails with an impressive lash-up of six CSX AC4400CW's, the first four being in the original YN2 scheme. The Cumberland, MD originated train is approaching CP 509, where it'l... (more)