A northbound Red line train clears a slight curve at Montrose AV where the south end of the old Wilson AV Yard used to be. The original steel elevated ended two blocks further when the line opened... (more)

Six cars of the CTA Heritage Fleet were used to run a "fund raiser" to benefit the Fox Valley Trolley Museum which was vandalized last summer. The train was also run express to recreate ... (more)

Two things happened in 1895, this Logan Square "L" route opened and the building on the right was built. Today the route is called the Blue line and this northbound train is destined for O'Hare A... (more)

Here is the second of two color schemes of trams in operation in the streets adjacent to the ST Roch station. While the blue trams make a U turn these yellow flower scheme trams go straight thro... (more)

A NB Red Line train glides around brand new trackwork while entering the Sheridan RD station on the 4 track north side main. The two inside tracks provide local service at this station. Trains o... (more)

A southbound Green line train prepares to stop at Halsted, next to last station.

A six car NB Green line train crosses the throat tracks to the Olgilvie Transportation Center and brakes for a station stop at Clinton Street. The UP switcher has just delivered two METRA locomo... (more)

The Bombardier AC5000 test train is now in its third week of revenue testing, still on the Red line, with one more week after this one to go. Then the train will transfer to the Green line. Northb... (more)

The Bombardier AC5000 test train has moved from the Red line to the Green line for its second set of four weeks of inservice revenue testing. This means running over the famed Loop elevated and th... (more)

No other rapid transit operation has surface running with street grade crossings like Chicago. Chicago has 25. This westbound Pink line train is about to cross Cicero AV, the busiest crossing on... (more)

Linden Yard at the end of the PUrple line has sent this six car drag to Howard Yard. Perhaps they are cars due for inspection. The switchman will pull the consist into the terminal on track two ... (more)

Certainly one of the more colorful advertising wraps is this one for I-Pod. Two wrapped cars are leading this northbound Red line train at 59th ST. When this campaign debuted, an eight car train... (more)

When built in 1892, the southside "L" from Congress St south to 39th ST was already known as the "alley L". This NB Green line train is on the third track that was added in 1907. Around 1950, the... (more)

TGV at Montpellier St Roch station. I had arrived from Paris aboard a TGV Duplex. My transportation to Barcelona would be a real museum experience....a Talgo III trainset from the 60s, that chan... (more)

The photo stop is the mainstay of any charter run and the 2011 IRM Snowflake Special had over a dozen such stops scheduled, but with no follower in sight, you take advantage of good sunlight and t... (more)