Chargers Recharging. On Friday, August 26, 2022, the Amtrak California Zephyr was powered exclusively by Siemens ALC-42s for the first time. AMTK 301 (First Day, 50th Anniversary) and 309 (... (more)
Like A Chicago Seventies Scene With Tri-X. It was not the 1970s but a very retro moment on April 15, 2022 when Amtrak Train 6 (California Zephyr) with AMTK 130 (P42DC, Phase II) and Amtrak ... (more)
Like A Chicago Seventies Scene. It was not the 1970s but a very retro moment on April 15, 2022 when Amtrak Train 6 (California Zephyr) with AMTK 130 (P42DC, Phase II) and Amtrak 4 (Southwes... (more)
On April 17, 2009, Metra MP36PH-3S No. 411 leads a westbound Metra commuter train out of Chicago and is about to pass under Roosevelt Road.
Santa Fe GE C40-8W 949 built 10/93 at Chicago on October 26, 1993.
The Sears Tower looms tall, as Metra’s Chicago Burlington & Quincy commemorative locomotive crawls out of historic Union Station in downtown Chicago in some nice afternoon light.
Venerable F40PHs continue to soldier on for Chicago's Metra commuter operation, with some still wearing this older scheme. Here, METX 112 leads an afternoon outbound away from Union Station among... (more)
Chicago’s Iconic Tunnels. CN train L536 crawls through Downtown Chicago with IC 1000, the “class unit” IC SD70 leading a CN SD75I and SD70M-2. They are seen here tip toeing under the ... (more)
An early L536 pops out of the McCormick Place as it makes It’s way past 31st Street in Chicago with IC SD70 1000 leading a CN SD75I and CN SD70M-2. Normally, this local gets held up a lot. Betwe... (more)
A variety of Amtrak locomotives awaits their next assignments at the Amtrak shops in downtown Chicago, Illinois on a spring afternoon. Chargers, NPCU's and P42's are all at the ready, along with o... (more)
The Milwaukee Road Heritage Unit shoves a deadhead train from the yard towards Union Station for an afternoon of service on the Milwaukee West District. Here, the train is passing the Western Ave... (more)
A rather unusual leader for CN L536, CN SD40-2W 5331 leads its train South out of downtown Chicago.
UPY GP15-1 711 pushes a Metra set into OTC. It was a very hazy day in Chicago due to wildfire smoke from Canada.
Chicago, 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
Manicured ballast, tell-tale poles, and The Capitol Limited, at Chicago in 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
