BRC 560 and 561 shove into Commercial Avenue Yard, after taking headroom on "The District." The South Chicago Job is just about always dominated by lease power, so it was nice to see some Belt pow... (more)

BRC's South Chicago Job takes headroom out of Commercial Avenue Yard, making its way down "The District" with a pair of SD40's. The train is slowly making its way under the Chicago Skywa... (more)

The Chicago Short Line and the BRC's South Chicago Job both make their appearances at Pullman Junction this afternoon. The South Chicago Job is preparing to enter Commercial Avenue with a pair of ... (more)

Ever since lease units invaded the Belt Railway of Chicago, solid sets of Belt power on the South Chicago Job have become a rarity. Today, I was quite pleased to see a pair of BRC SD40s in charge.... (more)

Metra 88 leads a outbound out of the city as a Heritage Corridor set heads inbound.

The Capital Limited departs Chicago with the best looking paint scheme for Amtrak. Not much else to say other than paint 'em all like this...

Yard job Y25 spins a long distance consist while the Big Game Train unit sits in the shop. Note the different shades of blue on the two P42s they're using.

A "Winnebago" F40 brings up the rear of Heartland Corridor train 834.

Metra F40 109 shoves on the rear of an inbound commuter train arriving in Chicago.

Amtrak 30 departs Chicago with a Westbound Hiawatha. A new Venture car is first out behind the unit.

Amtrak 305 heads out of Chicago with a St. Louis bound train.

A yard crew takes power to their facility as two more P42s await their next assignment.

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

This Edition Of Four Schemes. On Saturday, April 16, 2022, the Amtrak California Zephyr (Train 6) had a special delivery of 2 new Siemens ALC42 Chargers in addition to the regular consist.... (more)

A Metra deadhead move heads into Union Station.