The conductor punches ticket stubs, as visitors take a ride on the a vintage CTA car, which was built by the Cincinatti Car Company in 1924.

Composed next to a thingy(we're using technical terms here) used for servicing locomotives(probably) is QJ 6988.

A sight for sore eyes, two bluebonnet B23-7s bracket a Green GP15-1. From the view of the photo,though, it could still be 1995.

NS 6741 leads its train westbound over the triple intersection of the ex-Wabash (now NS), ex-Milwaukee (now KB&S), and a local road.

Passengers board the Southbound Ann Rutledge led by AMTK 177. Fuji Finepix S5100, 1/300 at F/3.1

METX 421 sits in CUS's North Concourse, awaiting departure.

A 2.5 mile hike(worth every step) brought me down to the tracks on this cold, snowy day. BNSF 4172 is leading this stack train east into Willow Springs yard through a snow storm.

The Oil Job's engines sit at K.A. Steele as the crew prresumably checks in with people at the plant. Generally, Oil Job runs extremely early in the morning, cathing it in daytime is rare.

At the south end of CSX's Brewer Yard, an RCL platform leads a yard job that has just picked up a train of old and empty flatcars and it's engine that were simply left sitting on the main outside ... (more)

METX 117 pulls into Lemont. Today's rush on the Heritage Corridor went off without a hitch. Yesterday, train 21 whacked a semi-trailer and derailed east of here.

I attempted to re-create a David Plowden shot for my AP Photo class. Jitong Railway 6988 had the honor of heading the triple header. Here's the link to the shot. http://davidplowden.com/photograph... (more)

METX 125 and 184 sit in Manhattan awaiting tommorow's commuter rush. Metra service was only recently expanded to Manhattan, with two trains running to Chicago and back.

A grain extra comes off the IAIS Second Sub and onto the First Sub shortly after the QJ's came through. B&W mode with Orange Filter.

METX 129 is framed by a bike as the snow picks up once again, which will lead to intermittent whiteout conditions.

On display at the Memorial is CRIP 17843, which was converted from a 1915 bowcar into a caboose in 1944 at the Rock's Silvis, Illinois shops. Railroad: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Rock Island)
Locomotive: Caboose
Location: Cotter, Arkansas, USA
Locomotive #: CRIP 17843
Train ID: None
Photo Date: June 15, 2006