Taken 18 years ago today, Amtrak 519/517 power up to head out of the diesel yard and eventually back on to a train. Amtrak 519 was built circa 12/1991, and was still in active'ish service at least... (more)

C&EI power E7A 1100, F3B 935 and E9A 1102 backing up to connect to it train for a late afternoon departure from Dearborn Station with the combined Georgian/Humming Bird on September 7, 1967. ... (more)

Metra's Milwaukee Road heritage unit leads an outbound Heritage Corridor set under 16th St.

Two Metra outbound trains race out of downtown Chicago during the evening rush.

Orange line L-train (direction Midway Airport) is approaching Clark/Lake Station in the northwest corner of Chicago's Loop. There is visible Pink Line Train in the background.

A pair of Metra SD70MACHs lead a outbound train out of downtown Chicago.

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