A Phase IV Dash 8 leads the Illini south through Flossmoor.

Amtrak 519, a Phase IV Dash 8, leads the Illinois Zephyr under one of the last remaining CB&Q signal bridges in the Chicagoland area. Replacements are up just west of here, so it's anyone's guess ... (more)

Amtrak doesn't get much more old school. Phase IV Dash 8 519 highballs south with Illini #393. *Please note: This photo was taken on Metra property, with permission.*

Amtrak 519 waits to do more work in the Coach Yard as I pass by on Train #3 on 11/20/13.

Engineer Jon Kayes leads Amtrak 42 past the Bridgeview Bed & Breakfast with one of the "former Pepsi Can" B32's leading over Rockville Bridge.

Amtrak P32 519 switches around private cars in the yard in Chicago.

Amtrak P32 #519 shuffles Superliner coaches around the local shops outside of Chicago Union. In the background are the Metra shops.

Amtrak P32 #519 shuffles Superliner coaches around the local shops outside of Chicago Union.

Running five hours behind schedule, Amtrak's Desert Wind train #36 skirts the southern shore of the Great Salt Lake at Lake Point, Utah. A Union Pacific mixed freight train is running parallel to ... (more)

519 shoves the Beach Grove and 3 other cars into the ready tracks in Chicago. Notice the ex-J switcher in the background now owned by GATX that is on lease to Amtrak.

Passing under a soon to be removed signal bridge?

The Carl Sandburg rolls east towards Chicago after a 08:56 station stop at Mendota a few minutes ago. BNSF have been replacing the old search light signals between Aurora and Galesburg to upgrade ... (more)

An Amtrak Dash 8, looking great in its classic, Phase IV paint scheme, leads a bad ordered car through Joliet Union Station, headed north to Chicago.

Amtrak Train 364 does station work in Kalamazoo.

Amtrak's "Texas Chief" arriving at Joliet. Note piggyback trailers from the IC and L&N at lower right.