Late running #6 California Zephyr backs out of Chicago Union Station with private cars Frank Thompson and Berlin

Amtrak 100 Midnight Blue and 46 50th Anniversary lead a combined Lake Shore Ltd and Cardinal east departing Union Station Chicago.

Chicago Coach Yard The lineup at Amtrak's Chicago Coach Yard featuring a variety of diesels and non-powered F40 NPCUs.

For Amtrak's inauguration day, May 1, 1971, PC 4316 nee PRR was chosen to wear this unique, one of a kind experimental paint scheme. Shown here at Chicago six months later in November 1971. Phot... (more)

IC Still Kickin' CN L536 notches it up after getting the approach signal to head west. Leading this local to Gary, IN is a duo of ex-Illinois Central SD70s that still sport their original ... (more)

Classic Chicago Scene Metra 823 departs OTC for Kenosha, WI with a non-rebuilt F40 leading. This F40PH-2, #138 will soon be rebuilt to the F40PH-3 class.

Surfliner Heritage Metra 509 to Elburn, IL departs with ex-Amtrak F59PHI #82 leading.

CNW Paint On An F59? Metra 721 to Harvard, IL departs Chicago's Ogilvie Transportation Center with ex-Amtrak F59PHI #90 (formerly 467.) Once an F59 used on Amtrak's Cascades route in the P... (more)

Amtrak E8(A) 1327 ex UP leading out of Chicago's Union Station, the westbound Southwest Limited in October 1972. Jim Ward photo, from my collection.

Chicago The obligatory Roosevelt Rd. shot with a friendly engineer sticking out the window.

L&N Alco C630 # 1427 rests at a small yard in Chicago in the summer of 1979 i those days a lot of Alcos could still be found in the Chicago area and this yard seemed to always have a Big century a... (more)

Wabash E8 #1006 slowly accelerates out of Chicago's Dearborn Station with train 121 the Blue Bird for its run to St. Louis in November 1959. Photo by Al Holtz, from my slide collection.