A scary looking October moon illumintes some clouds and the 6:40 outbound suburban during the blue hour.
The crew of Y JOL101 is on the ground and getting ready to switch local industry.
Rail recently replaced and rail repalced awhile ago show the differences in how to mark rail replacements.
Two outbound trains depart CUS during the afternoon rush.
A smokin' outbound commuter train passes up a waiting "rescue" ex Santa Fe Dash 9 after making it's Naperville stop. See 33... (more)
Freshly painted 1209 picks up some gons full of scrap metal before heading to the IHB and BNSF Western Ave yard for interchange. Kevin,is that you?! Next photo in series is Railroad: Central Illinois Railroad Co.Locomotive: EMD SW1200Location: Chicago, Illinois, USALocomotive #: CIRY 1209Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: May 25, 2010
One of four flat spots from a Metra unit spinning it's wheels with the brakes still applied.
AMTK 188 and a mate rest at the barn during the blue hour.
The California Zephyr heads to the wash rack after backing out of CUS and wyeing.
The 6:56 train has loaded all it's passengers during the blue hour and the conductor gives the engineer the highball. Next step is Western Springs.
Trifecta part deux! A Herzog train waits for the 1:00 outbound suburban to work on track 1 in Hinsdale. An eastbound GALBRC rounds out the three-way meet-my third in the last week! See <... (more)
Two Metra trains are staging for their morning runs to Chicago.
The morning fog accentuates the rough surface texture of rail.
A dark sky contrasts with the Royal Gorge SD9 resting in Canon City.
AMTK 136 rests between runs at Amtrak's Chicago maintenance facility during the Blue Hour. See 309588 for a daytim... (more)
