Amtrak's northbound Illinois Zephyr departs it's station stop in Galesburg, running about 40 minutes late bound for it's final destination of Chicago on a beautiful morning in early July.

On a gloomy Sunday afternoon in Downtown Aurora, the eastbound Southwest Chief sprints over Galena Blvd on the 2,000 foot long elevated trackage splitting through the heart of downtown, which was ... (more)

At Grade. Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 801044) and former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built dome/coach 549 (WEBX 801045) were behi... (more)

The sun sets as a late Amtrak Southwest Chief hustles east on the last legs of its journey to Chicago, seen here passing the vintage Chicago Burlington & Quincy depot in La Grange. Amtrak P42DC’... (more)

Amtrak 500 leads Hiawatha 338 East out of Morton Grove.

With the diamonds at CP Canal (CN-IHB crossing) being replaced, Amtrak's Texas Eagle #21 out of Chicago was detoured down Metra's Rock Island District. It's seen making its way west through New Le... (more)

Amtrak 181 leads the Eastbound Empire Builder through Rondout.

Amtrak’s southbound Texas Eagle runs ahead of schedule as it thunders past the historic Lockport depot.

The outbound California Zephyr makes a station stop in Naperville before continuing on its trip to the west coast.

Amtrak 5 ducks under the Santa Fe main at Cameron on the BNSF Ottumwa Subdivision with the Veterans P42DC leading.

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is just 37½-miles into its 2,265-mile journey from Chicago IL to Los Angeles CA, and it is already 23 minutes late – an inauspicious start!... (more)

The northbound Saluki heads toward Chicago with a consist of Superliners. The same trainset came south on Monday with the newly reinstated train #393, The Illini.

Amtrak’s Texas Eagle #21 heads south over the Kankakee River on the UP Joliet Subdivision with 2 P42DC’s, #’s 59 and 61. The Wilmington Goose Association poses for the photo while the train ... (more)

Its a beautiful morning to take flight and see the northbound Amtrak City of New Orleans doing every bit of 79 MPH through Chebanse on its way to Chicago Union Station.

AMTK 161, now in Phase I colors, makes its inaugural run north past Morton Grove, IL on the rear of Empire Builder #7. The locomotive is headed to St. Paul, MN to be put on display for Union Depot... (more)