After building a train of bilevels at the nearby coach yard, UPY 728 shoves to Ogilvie Transportation Center. In the process, the venerable ex-MoPac GP15-1 passes the equally venerable former Milw... (more)

Con Available, Does That Mean That Con Is Not Required? Sadly, the Continental Paper Grading Company building adjoining Amtrak's Yard in Chicago is up for sale. It's always possible that a... (more)

State of Illinois. In a classic Chicago scene, Metra/METX 402 (MP36PH-3S, MPI, 1/2003) is seen passing under the former Pennsylvania Railroad signal bridge at CP Morgan near Racine Avenue o... (more)

Train #29, the Capitol Limited, arrives into Chicago a couple hours behind schedule with Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver P42DC in charge. The train is seen crossing the vintage Pennsy lift bridge at ... (more)

Day One. On Tuesday, February 8, 2022, Amtrak added Siemens ALC42s 301 (Day One) and 302 (Phase VI) to the consist of the Empire Builder (Train 7) in Chicago, Illinois for the first time on... (more)

CP Morgan was the place to be this afternoon as more than a dozen photographers gathered for Empire Builder train #7's departure out of the windy city. The heritage "Pepsi can" P42 looks... (more)

Winter is always a rough time for the Amtrak Charger units. With a number of them suffering failures, P32BWH #500 got a chance to lead numerous Hiawathas between Chicago and Milwaukee. Train #333 ... (more)

Metra Electric. On a hot and hazy June 16, 2006, a modest 4 car train of Metra "Highliner" MU Coaches led by METX 1515 on train 315 (built by St. Louis, 1971-72, rebuilt by Amerai... (more)

The Many Faces of Amtrak

Sitting at Amtrak's 16th Street Diesel Shop is a variety of motive power: On the left is AMTK MP14B 592, and next to that is Illinois Department of Tran... (more)

Amtrak Midwest. Siemens Charger SC-44 IDTX 4611 was brand new and recently delivered to Amtrak when it was posed in front of the Chicago Locomotive Shop on August 27, 2017. At the time, Amt... (more)

An evening South Shore train heads into the city

The Belt Railway of Chicago's North Outside Industry job (NOSI) departs Charter Steel with its sizable pickup, on a day where temperatures exceeded 100 degrees. BRC GP38-2 #581 is in charge, inste... (more)

With its pickup on the main, UP GP38-2 #815 is in charge of YPR60B as it shoves its delivery into the Chicago Tribune. Directly behind the 815 is CNW caboose #11119, a regular on this job.

One thing I've always liked about downtown Chicago is that it sees veteran Union Pacific GP15-1's handling Metra equipment on a daily basis. Enroute from the California Avenue Coach Yard to Ogilvi... (more)

a pair of Northwestern SD40-2's lead a transfer train past the old C&WI 40th Street tower in Chicago Illinois