The camera is facing east towards Chinatown looking through the old ATSF coach yard.....last time I was here a few years ago we got chased out by local gang bangers.........of course ALL this is g... (more)

In “my kind of town”, a Metra electrical train rolls by 18th Street Station which is typically used for games at Soldier Field seen on the right.

While trains are generally thought of as massive beasts, this Metra pales in comparison to the towering skyline.

Laying ballast down along the Kenosha Sub, UPY 715 and UP 819 pass the Ravenswood Metra Station at a snail's pace. The train is passing the Marianos, located at the intersection of W Lawrence Aven... (more)

An outbound Metra train rockets out of the city as it passes BNSF's Western Avenue Yard.

In charge of an extra grain train and clear of the 10 MPH restriction through McCormick Place, a pair of CN SD60's and a BNSF GEVO begin to open it up, southbound out of the city.

A trio of IC SD70's, the leader being a deathstar and the trailers being in CN paint, lead L536 under the vintage GM&O cantilever at Corwith.

After taking headroom out onto the GMO Lead, a couple H4 EMD's prepare their shove move into Corwith Yard.

A tagged Bluebonnet GP60 and a Helm GP38-2 switch cars at Western Avenue as the Chicago skyline stands tall.

An outbound 'scoot' overtakes CN U267 with the CN 3023 leading. This is 3023's first time running via Schiller Park since being repainted into EJ&E colors. Before heading north, they waited out ru... (more)

With the sun trying to break the thick cloud layers above the city, an orange hue casts itself upon the buildings. With most people heading home from work, a Green Line rush train hurries outbound... (more)

On a sunny afternoon in the windy city, a pair of BNSF GP23ECO's shove a cut of cars into their Western Avenue Yard. Both units were built as ATSF GP38's in 1970 and look quite sharp in their H4 p... (more)

With the COVID-19 vaccine being distributed across the world, city life is slowly returning to the way it once was. To cope, CTA is slowly running more and more trains around the city... as seen b... (more)

Just to see the floor. There were lots of pictures in memorable places from this last trip, most with geographic landmarks like bridge and signs and buildings. But one off the script choice... (more)