With the Quincy Wye out of service due to a derailment, Amtrak Midwest BNSF trains need 2 engines instead of the normal one. So on this nights train, an Amtrak Dash-8 takes charge as it crawls int... (more)

Amtrak Lincoln Service train 302 makes a stop in Springfield, Illinois, on January 14, 2019, to pick up northbound passengers. The train, pulled by Illinois DOT SC-44 4622, originated in S... (more)

The fall colors peak in Hinsdale as the outbound California Zephyr flies through the village.

Amtrak 303 kicks up some snow on it's way to Saint Louis on New Years Eve 2017

Amtrak 82 leads the California Zephyr west through LaGrange.

Amtrak 130, the Phase II heritage unit, heads west through Lisle on the point of the westbound California Zephyr to Emeryville, California.

Amtrak's southbound Saluki makes a brief appearance through the small town of Kinmundy Illinois.

The Westbound California Zephyr races through Sandwich, passing the local library.

IDTX 4601 leads Lincoln Service 305 south past the historic Alton depot in Lemont.

Amtrak #3, the outbound Southwest Chief, hustles west through Aurora, passing a stopped eastbound coal train at the High Street bridge. Those shadows were making me sweat a bit as I awaited Amtrak... (more)

Amtrak 500 makes for a rare leader on the Southwest Chief today as it pulls into Naperville. Amtrak 500 will eventually be taken off in Kansas City where only the two trailing P42's would remain.

IDTX 4614 leads Amtrak Hiawatha service train 339, slowly passing through Morton Grove, not far behind an outbound Metra scoot.

Amtrak's Phase IV heritage unit leads the Texas Eagle south through Lockport, hitting a small drift.

The City of New Orleans makes a crew change while stopped at Carbondale Station

IDTX Charger 4601 leads Lincoln Service 301 north through a snow drift in Lockport.