It's afternoon rush hour on the BN race track. I have just gotten off a 19 minute ride from Chicago Union Station to La Grange Rd. On this spring-like Febraury day I had my camera and decided to c... (more)

In the twilight of these locomotives' storied careers pulling first Zephyrs, then Chicago commuters, BN 9924 heads westbound late in the afternoon with some of those same commuters, heading home f... (more)

GM & O commuter train from Joliet approaches Union Station

Rock Island's GP-7's were not equipped for suburban service, and so 1217 must be functioning as a switcher or pilot rather than the motive power for the whole train. That duty is probably going ... (more)

Its rush hour at La Grange, IL and BN 9920 is pouring on the coals as the train rushes through the station without making a stop. BN commuter service was provided between Chicago & Aurora, IL. Ser... (more)

A Burlington Northern commuter train storms west after a quick stop at Stone Avenue in La Grange in August 1983. These EMD E9 passenger locomotives were in commuter service on BN’s Chicago to Au... (more)

Rock Island 675 has completed its weekend commuter run to Joliet from LaSalle St. Station, Chicago. Shortly the train will load city bound passengers and head back into Chicago. The introduction o... (more)

CNW 252 leads a mid day commuter train on C&NW's "West Line", making a brief stop at Berkeley station. This stop is located immediately south of Proviso Yard which at the time was C&NW's... (more)

Monday evening Rock Island commuter train passing by 16th Street in Chicago on 07/15/74, captured on Kodachrome. Photographer unknown. John E. Troxler collection

Outbound commuters.

Led by venerable Burlington Northern EMD E9 No. 9913, a westbound BN “Dinky” commuter train storms into Lisle, Illinois, on the afternoon of March 3, 1990.

A CNW E-unit pushes at NW Line rush hour train under the Lake Street 'L' and into CNW's Chicago Passenger Terminal on a smoggy May morning.

BN 9972 is in charge of a commuter train at Clarendon Hills, IL in April of 1971. The engine looks a little rough but would eventually be rebuilt as BN 9906. Bob Bullermann Kodachrome from my coll... (more)

GM&O 883-A leads GM&O #17 out of Chicago with 3 cars.

Geraniums are neatly planted along the platform at Hinsdale, Illinois, making the pleasant spring afternoon feel even more like summer on May 28, 1992. Burlington Northern’s busy triple track ma... (more)