A pair of Conrail GEs leads an eastbound manifest train along the Indiana Harbor Belt in Hammond. Tom Golden photo.

With the assistance of an Ohio crane, several Chicago & Northwestern Maintenance of Way employees are seen performing tie replacement work in Chicago. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of CNW GP50s lead an APL stack train along the IHB through Blue Island. Tom Golden photo.

Still wearing its Conrail paint and number, a Chicago Missouri & Western GP38 is seen under wire on the South Shore in Burnham. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of Burlington Northern SD40-2s are seen bringing a transfer from Clyde Yard in Cicero to CSX's Barr Yard in Riverdale. Tom Golden photo.

Seen leading here a Burlington steam special, CB&Q was in the process of being refurbished at the Q's West Burlington shops when new company president Lou Menk ended the Burlington's steam program... (more)

As a former Penn Central switcher moves a single Amtrak coach toward Union Station, one of Amtrak's Turboliners departs south on an overcast summer day. Tom Golden photo.

Only a couple of months into the creation of Conrail, an Erie Lackawanna SD45-2 and SDP45 head east along the former Penn Central Chicago Line. Tom Golden photo.

One week before Christmas 1977, a single Rock Island E8 is seen pulling a long string of 1920s-built "Capone" commuter cars through cold, snowy Blue Island. Tom Golden photo.

Several railfans are seen riding the rear end of the KLSC's former EJ&E caboose on a weekend passenger excursion. Tom Golden photo.

A trio of Illinois Central EMDs bring a manifest train past the depot at Chebanse, Illinois. Paul Meyer photo.

A trio of former Seaboard System B36-7s leads a northbound intermodal train on the former C&EI through Dolton. Tom Golden photo.

In the morning of January 18th, 1993, a head-on collision between an eastbound and westbound South Shore commuter train occurred on the west side of Gary resulting in 7 fatalities and over 40 inju... (more)

A Conrail SW7 is seen switching a pair of Amtrak baggage cars outside of Chicago's Union Station. Tom Golden photo.

Due to a gas leak near its Chicago Line, Conrail had to temporarily divert traffic along the IHB's mainline. In this scene, a GP40-2 leads a pair of GEs on an eastbound intermodal train as it pou... (more)