Sleek upside down bathtubs on wheels may be all right for some but I like my passenger locomotives with a little more "texture" like this one which has probably rescued the EB "Cali... (more)

Amtrak's Hiawatha service 334 rolls towards Chicago as it passes through Gurnee, IL with AMTK 514 leading.

AMTK 79 leads the outbound Southwest Chief through Western Springs on a beautiful fall afternoon.

The Hiawatha trains were running back and forth between Milwaukee and Chicago with the Veterans NPCU Unit. The 1st southbound of the morning is #330, who is approaching Deerfield on the Metra C&M ... (more)

Amtrak's Hiawatha service train is slowing up for Rondout on the CPKC C&M Sub. A NPCUs (Non-Powered Control Unit) leads the train. Amtrak converted 22 of their F40s into NPCU. There is plans to co... (more)

Way up high over Lake Glenview, we spot a pair of Amtrak Dash 8 locomotives sandwiching three Superliners on this evening's version of the Borealis, racing past the Glenview North Metra station on... (more)

A southbound Lincoln Service train heads out of Springfield past the historic Illinois state capitol building.

The outbound Quincy train flies through Clarendon Hills on its trek to Quincy, Illinois.

Amtrak's Texas Eagle makes its station stop at Joliet.

Amtrak's EMPIRE BUILDER crosses over at Rondout having run around a northbound freight. The headlight of the freight is in the distance. I stopped while on my way to the annual Center for Rail Pho... (more)

An Amtrak Midwest train is southbound at Rondout with a non-powered control cab painted for veterans. I stopped while on my way to the annual Center for Rail Photography and Art annual conference... (more)

The North bound Texas Eagle getting right back up to track speed after a stop at Joliet.

After a brief stop just South of town the North bound Texas Eagle getting quickly back up to track speed with a Dash 8 leading the way on the former GM&O. Thank you, winter!

An ALC-42 highballs the Chicago bound Empire Builder through Wadsworth, IL.

On Christmas morning, an Amtrak Dash 8 rolls east across the former EJ&E and past Rondout Tower.