Work continues on the Belmont underpass. Main three is going to be right under the photgrapher. The station platform is on top of main three currently. It used to be further to the right and ca... (more)
This is the fourth freight train out of five I saw in just an hour and a half. When snow hits, operations in the Chicago area slows down and can create a flood of activity!
An inbound "suburban" in the distance waits for an express to snake its way to track two.
A ballast regulator is working on smoothing out the ballast on track 3 as the 1:00 outbound "suburban" whistles freely in this QZ.
The Amtrak 517 shuffles equipment around while an outbound commuter train for Joliet ducks under the St Charles Air Linne.
The sunrays highlit an inbound "suburban." The Hinsdale station is in the background.
With the fall colors really starting to show, an inbound Metra is reflected in the station glass as a westbound Amtrak makes it's first stop.
A light movement heads west past Highlands probably to switch Pepperidge Farms in Downers Grove.
Something old, something new An outbound Metra passes under the CB&Q searchlights and the new Darth Vader tri's at East Lisle. The new signals have recently been turned to face the tracks.
An outbound commuter train passes Lake St tower and under it's namesake.
Am I west? No, I'm not in the western US, just the west suburbs of Chicago. Go Hawks! "Another DASH-9" pulls up to WBCS East Naperville to let a "suburban" train by before crossing ... (more)
On a hot, hazy morning, a passenger awaits to board the first outbound train of the day.
An outbound express passes an inbound local during the morning rush. There's a high green on track two for another inbound express.
Spiking ties the old-fashioned way along Main 1 of the racetrack!
