School's out for the day at the local elementary, and a constant stream of kids are crossing the BNSF Racetrack here at Metra's LaVergne station as the Z-CHCPTL doubles his train together preparin... (more)

Under a starry sky, an IC&E ethanol train waits for a new crew to forward it on to the CSX in Chicago. The Big Dipper is clearly visible in the sky here at the east end of the siding in Genoa, IL.... (more)

An outbound Metra run heading for Manhattan, IL on the Southwest Service roars out of Union Station. The conductor has just begun collecting tickets and is silhouetted in the rear window of the t... (more)

A woman in a green dress waits for a CTA Blue Line train in the subway at Chicago Avenue. more)

The Illinois RailNet's CF7s rest by the riverfront in LaSalle, IL on an overcast afternoon. This is an HDR image, made from three digital captures.

Nighttime falls on the small yard in Nelson, IL on the Union Pacific's Geneva Subdivision. A westbound passing on the mainline lights up an eastbound loaded coal train that is tied up on one of th... (more)

The inbound Saluki from Carbondale makes it's way across the St. Charles Air Line as another train set waits to be wyed and backed into the wash rack below in the coach yard.

Leaving the crew change in Clinton behind, the M-PRCB, with a former C&NW SD40-2 in charge, heads west into Iowa. An eastbound coal load with a DPU is just arriving in town.

Just out of its 5:30pm stop at Burlington, IA, Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr heads uphill out of the Mississippi River valley crossing 5th Street in downtown Burlington. Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Burlington, Iowa, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK6
Train ID: AMTK5
Photo Date: November 02, 2010

Shortly after sunset, Union Pacific's Rochelle West Local throttles up through tiny Ashton, IL before crossing over into the Global III intermodal terminal.

Just after leaving Chicago Union Station, an outbound Milwaukee Lines Metra train begins to curve across Canal Street with the Chicago River and the city's famous skyline in the background. more)

Speeding west into a colorful sunset, yet another BNSF intermodal train heads for Kansas City on the Chillicothe Subdivision. This is an HDR shot, made from four different exposures.

A frigid night in Hodgkins, IL, at the east end of BNSF's Willow Springs intermodal terminal, finds a freight train lighting up the snow covered landscape as it creeps off of the Indiana Harbor Be... (more)

With wind-whipped exhaust pouring across the high desert, an eastbound BNSF intermodal train approaches Gallup, New Mexico with a batch of storm clouds hot on its heels. Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Gallup, New Mexico, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 4520
Train ID: N/A
Photo Date: March 20, 2007

The eastbound California Zephyr rolls out of the station stop at Green River, UT and rounds a big curve in the desolate scenery of east-central Utah.