OMLX 4200, a former Hudson Bay Railway GP40-2LW, sits at Chicago Rail Link’s shops while waiting for an assignment. Photo taken with my drone.

Metra 202 leads a outbound train past CP Morgan in Chicago. The Winnebagos usually don't run on the Milwaukee district, making this a odd sight.

After working local industries, GP15-1 #728 takes it easy in the coach yard, awaiting the next day's work.

UPY GP15-1 #729 takes headroom at the west end of the old Chicago & North Western California Avenue coach yard. These venerable former MoPac GP15-1's make multiple switching moves at this facility... (more)

Passing the 1907-built Tower A-2, the Milwaukee Road heritage unit makes its way to Fox Lake.

Holding on Rockwell 2, W226-21 waits for the signal at Kedzie with a former Clinchfield SD40-2 leading the charge.

A CTA Green Line train heads west out of the city, bound for Harlem/Lake.

UP GP40-2 1430 and CNW bay-window caboose 11119 wait for the next call to duty at the North Avenue Yard in Chicago. The CNW caboose, which is used for shoving moves, is right at home on former Nor... (more)

The Capitol Limited passes through Chicago's Armour Square neighborhood on its way to Washington DC.

Metra 422, recently repainted with a black roof, leads a MDW doubleheader west past CP Morgan.

Metra F59PHI 90 leads the daily MDN doubleheader west past CP Morgan.

The NS local heads south through the Amtrak yard after switching Continental paper in Chicago.

With the Veterans NPCU pointing the way, Amtrak Hiawatha train #334 breezes by the tower at A-5, continuing the last leg of its journey from Milwaukee to Chicago. Tower A-5 was closed in November ... (more)

But we still call it the Sears Tower. Named for the Village of Itasca, Illinois, METX 183 (F40PH-2) leads train 1247 on the afternoon of February 18, 2020. The tall looming structure decorating th... (more)

A former Missouri Pacific GP15-1, now working for the Union Pacific, works the Blommer Chocolate Factory in downtown Chicago.