Southwest Service train 863 heads out of town as they pass the Amtrak facility below Union Station.

A Metra deadhead move heads into Union Station.

VIA F40PH-3s 6446 and 6648 approach Edgerton with VIA Rail train 1, the westbound Canadian.

The westbound Canadian departs Armstrong a touch late with a trio of F40PH-3's upfront.

Metra 104 departs the Joliet Gateway Center with Heritage Corridor 917.

The Winnipeg to Churchill passenger train makes its way across the frozen prairie

Something has to be said about being out grabbing that picture when its -40c/f + a wind chill in the dead of winter on a sunny day. The now once a week Canadian was still able to make its way acro... (more)

Metra 157 pushes a inbound under the pedestrian bridge at Hubbard Woods. This bridge is seen in a clip from the movie Home Alone.

A bit of fall colour hangs on at Moose Lake, as VIA #2 rounds the bend at Mile 37 of CN's Albreda Sub with 14 coaches in tow.

A rare passenger train meet at McCabe... Forced to detour to North Vancouver due to forest fires, RMRX GP40-2LW 8014 leads empty train P610 stopped at McCabe to meet VIA #6.

Only an hour or so into its long trip to Churchill, MB, P693's train has just left the Rivers Sub and entered the Gladstone Sub at Portage la Prairie and is about to bang across CP's Carberry Sub.

Running a tad behind schedule, VIA 1 will make that up with a quick station stop at Armstrong and jumping ahead of Z111's train. The east end of Armstrong had a rather interesting setup of signals... (more)

Chicago The obligatory Roosevelt Rd. shot with a friendly engineer sticking out the window.