Pooch bringing in the State House

The Lone Star. This is how Amtrak wanted its western intercity trains powered but the SDP40Fs had a tendency to derail on curves at speed. Thus they ended up short lived and became parts for F40... (more)

Though I labeled the slide "Lone Star" it is way too long and this must be the Southwest Limited.

E-unit is ex-Milw 34A. A Hiawatha Service train with a CNW commuter passing overhead.

From the track it is on I'm guessing the SW Chief. My notes say 6:45 pm. Sure is a big train.

The WB Shawnee

The Cardinal departs Chicago for New York, going the long way through Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and to DC before heading up the NE Corridor line, arriving in NYC 28 hours l... (more)

The St. Clair. I guess they had no money for weed spray that year.

SW Chief. Blowing out the soot due to idling in the station as the engineer notches up.

The Bridge is the St. Charles Air Line's over the South Branch of the Chicago River. Two ConRail Geeps sit on ladder tracks in the Amtack (ex-PRR) Coach Yard.

The inbound Saluki hits the hump in the St. Charles Air Line that helps it clear Canal Street, which in turn is over the Canal Street Wye. Below, a Metra train awaits the afternoon rush.

In the longest days of summer, you can get a little sun on northbound trains at the very beginning and very end of the day, such as on this inbound Missouri or Michigan Service train that I cannot... (more)

IC E9 4034 and E8 4023 shove the Panama Limited towards Union Station as seen from the Roosevelt Road overpass. IC office car #1 adorns the rear of the train and former AT&SF hi-levels provide th... (more)

An outbound Hiawatha service passes an inbound Empire Builder at the A-2 cross-over. Note the CPLs, some of the last in Chicago.