Blast from the past! A Joliet bound Rock Island Line train heads south through 18th Street, lead by the "Don Orseno" Rock Island unit. Taken from a hotel about half a mile away you can a... (more)

A Harlem bound Green Line train arrives at Cermak-McCormick Place.

With Chicago's massive skyline towering above at its back, westbound Gary, IN to Waterloo, IA mixed merchandise train M33791-13 creeps out the city past the grounds of Ping Tom Memorial Park at th... (more)

CSX power leads a CN train past Ping Tom Park

A nice area to watch trains coming into and out of Chicago Union Station.

A nice summer afternoon just outside Chicago Union Station.

A Chicago Transit Authority train heads east on the elevated railway above Lake Street through a canyon of skyscrapers in Chicago, Illinois, on November 8, 2018.

A view looking up Lake Street (on left) and Wells Street (on right) reveals a Chicago Transit Authority “L” train headed up Wells Street on this fascinating section of elevated railway in Chic... (more)

Another train departs Chicago Union station on a hot and hazy summer morning.

A Metra commuter train has just departed Chicago Union Station and is about to pass underneath Roosevelt Road in Chicago, Illinois, on November 8, 2018. The train is led by Metra No. 199, an uniqu... (more)

A colorful leader on a train departing Chicago Union Station.

A nice view on a summer morning just outside downtown Chicago.

Chicago Transit Authority car No. 3450 is clattering across the diamonds on the elevated “L” rapid transit railway above Lake and Wells Street on November 8, 2018. This junction is still consi... (more)

Founded in the 1880s, the Chicago, West Pullman, and Southern was designed to transport steel from Wisconsin Steel's plant on Chicago's South Side to the nearby Harvester manufacturing plant. The... (more)

Amtrak’s Chicago Union Station has been going through some changes. The Great Hall has been renovated over the last year and is almost completed on November 12, 2018. Built in 1925, the 219-foot... (more)