The Hi Iron Excursion nears CNIC rails and twists through the winding curvature of the St. Charles Airline, near 16th St. Tower.

Decked out in the handsome blue and tangerine livery of the CNJ, NS coal loads head to market for Wisconsin Electric's Oak Creek Wisconsin Powerplant, seen here at rural Edgerton, Ohio.

Blue Island action! An eastbound move for the CSX negotiates the IHB/CSX crossover at BI Jct.

REVERSE COMMUTE: Rush hour is in full swing on the UP-NW line and outbound Metra #609 breezes into Norwood Park as the city awakens to the warm glow of a new day.

Late a night, an Amtrak Chicago Terminal Crew takes a set of Hiawatha Service equipment into their 14th St. coachyard to replace their NPCU.

Threading slowly between the Rock Island Diamond at 16th Street and the Amtrak Crossing at 21st St., engineer Marty Simane shepards another long CN drag from one side of the windy city to the othe... (more)

Nearing sunup, CSX coal loads from Elk Run, W. Va. pound the Garrett Sub. in the tiny burg of Alida.

Metra West Line train #2256 shoves the last Elgin train into Chicago for the night as WSOR's T-001 stands by, awaiting a route on the C&M Sub. and a trip back home to Janesville, WI. These classic... (more)

Bakken oil loads head to market on Amtrak's Chicago Terminal as some of their trains go about their work at 14th St. coach yard.

Sand empties on UP train R-RGPDS head down the connection between Norma and Seeger to head northwesterly for Janesville and eventually Prairie Du Chien, WI.

IC&E's Huron train detours on the Indiana Harbor Belt to reach BRC's huge Clearing Yard. The train is heading compass south across the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal on the southwest side of the ... (more)

In the last rays of a long summer day, CSX Q500 hammers out of Milford Junction, Indiana.

Reknown for its role in bringing the last of CN's junk to its' final grave at Markham Yard, CN's Q118 has a BC Rail MLW last out in the consist, as it holds at Western Avenue for a fresh crew.

On the eve of a special Government Affairs event at Chicago Union Station for fair job hiring and employment retention of America's Veteran's, 2 patriotically-adorned tribute locomotives pose for ... (more)

A track welder works on a switch frog as an east end job switches the east side of Bensenville Yard.