The afternoon rush hour is underway as seen just from the throat of Chicago Union Station.
The occasional orange line train runs from Kimball through the north side of the city on the route usually served by the brown line- the difference being that this train will run through the loop ... (more)
Night running in the Loop.
Nightfall arrives, but the brown line continues its consistent running in and out of the loop
The golden hour paints this loop bound brown line train as it snaked around the curve toward Merchandise Mart.
Always love this view. Two trains meets along the tight curve. Control Tower 18 visible.
The tight curves of the Chicago loop
Happy railfans wave on the outbound Empire Builder led by the Cascades unit. Quite the sight to see this consist in Chicago headed through the Pennsy Signals!
Green line train runs south from the loop.
A departing Illini train creeps along the St. Charles Air Line Bridge above Chinatown's Ping Tom Park. View from 18th St.
Rock Island service creeps toward Lasalle Street Station. This line may offer the most diverse Metra locomotive roster ever with F40s, MP36, and GE P42's appearing one after another.
It still takes getting used to seeing these locos and this paint scheme running Metra commuter service out of Lasalle Street Station.
View of Prague Tram from the back of another Prague Tram. The huge tramway system in the beautiful city is superb.
The one and only
Blasting outbound under the Pennsy signals
