L537 from Kirk Yard making the slow crawl through downtown as they cross 16th St. I was leaving the White Sox game and heard these guys were at Kensington so I headed over to 41st St and here to g... (more)
L537 from CN Kirk Yard heading North into Chicago on the former IC with a destination of Glenn Yard. This train is a nice one to get during the Summer months when it comes North in the evenings. I... (more)
A pair of Rock Island E7's leaving downtown Chicago with a commuter train.
An Illinois Service train departs Union Station
These R-2 boxcab electrics were purchased from the New York Central in the late fifties. They were originally built in 1931 and 704 was scrapped in April of 1976.
Built for the Rock Island by EMD as a lightweight passenger train. The three trainsets produced were deemed a failure and train set number 1 was scrapped in 1966. The two others were donated to mu... (more)
Deathstar In Darkness. With one empty center-beam picked up from Cook County Lumber in tow, CN’s R967 “Recycle Job” is viewed from the 18th Street overpass in the South Loop, making t... (more)
The City of New Orleans with a rare B32-8WH leader backing its equipment into Chicago Union Station after disembarking their passengers.
A Metra train is seen from the famous Roosevelt overpass
AMTK 507 leading the City of New Orleans into its final destination of Chicago as they traverse the rails of the Illinois Central.
Heading from downtown Chicago's Union Station to the suburb of Aurora is Metra Metropolitan Rail train 1233, powered by METX F40PHM-2 190 and F40PH-2 113 ... a lot of power for a five car train. ... (more)
A pair of WSOR SD60Ms depart Clearing yard with train T1.
Metra 517 departs Chicago with a outbound train during the golden hour.
Amtrak's new Borealis, train 1340 hammers through Tower A-6 approaching their final destination of Chicago, IL with a veteran GE P32BWH leader.