An Metra train on the Rock Island reaches its final stop, passing Joliet's UD Tower.
A CN train off the Iowa division pounds the diamonds at 16th Street. To the right we can see the massive bridges of the St. Charles Air Line (active) and the B&O (inactive and fixed in raised posi... (more)
An IC engine leads two BNSF and two CN units down the former GM&O.
Out from under the shadow of the Sears Tower, a southbound manifest of the Iowa division heads to Markham. Although traffic on this line has decreased since CN's EJ&E acquisition, CN still lacks a... (more)
New bi-level EMUs roll down 11th Street. Revenue service of the new equipment started on March 30th. A search of database entries for the CSSB railroad shows this to be the first picture of the ne... (more)
An Amtrak Michigan Service train departs Kalamazoo.
An IHB switcher shuffles the autoracks around Gibson yard.
CN light power heads into the yard.
A spartan cab SD70 leads a long mixed freight through Hamond. Note the classic PRR signal bridge and CPLs in the distance.
Metra's 611 highballs through Cragin.
The hogger on this CP coke train waves as he takes a dog's breakfast of a lash-up down the Belt. Four engines, all EMDs, and not one wide-cab in sight!
The power for the Mars local makes its run-around, meeting another former Soo Line motor and providing an interesting contrast in paint schemes.