ATSF 8513 in "dress blue" leads a pair of former passenger GEs in the yellow/blue warbonnet scheme (U30CG/U28CG) as their train readies for departure from Corwith Yard for the run to Kan... (more)

It's afternoon rush hour on an early summer day in 1979 and CNW prepares for its daily routine of heading thousands of Chicago area commuters home safely in three directions heading north, northwe... (more)

ATSF 302C and 305C take a rest at the former Santa Fe Archer Avenue coach yard and passenger locomotive facility south of downtown Chicago on a sunny September day in 1972. Now run by Amtrak, thes... (more)

On the afternoon of November 8, 2017, the conductor of a Metra/BNSF commuter train waits for his passengers to arrive and board the train parked on Track 4 at Chicago Union Station.

The Chicago skyline spans the background as Metra 147 leads an outbound commuter train on the UP Geneva Sub, passing under the former CNW signal bridge at Tower A2. A UP GP15 makes a transfer move... (more)

View above Taylor Street
After hauling a load of commuters to Chicago Union Station, freshly-painted Metra F40PH-2 No. 183 passes the wash building as it heads to Metra’s coach yard a... (more)

Behind windows tinted in green, commuters wait to depart Chicago Union Station riding Bi-level Metra trains homeward on November 8, 2017.

Metra F40PHM-2 199 leads a commuter train out of Chicago Union Station. In the back ground Hostlers switch tracks with venerable Metra 3, a SW1200 built for the Milwaukee Road. The Tall building ... (more)

Hostlers on SW1200 Metra 3 built for the Milwaukee Road move two recently acquired F59PHIs into the Metra shops. The F59PHIs are now in service with Metra...

A view looking up Wells Street shows a Chicago Transit Authority “L” train approaching the junction at CTA Tower 18 that has just crossed the Chicago River after pausing at the Wells & Merchan... (more)

IC 1010 leads CN L536 around the bend at 35th Street in downtown Chicago, Illinois.

A couple decades before Millennium Park would bury this scene underground, fifty-year-old South Shore MUs wait out the midday lull at Randolph Street Station in Chicago.

Amtrak train 390, the Saluki, arrives at Chicago's Union Station on November 8, 2018. This train is backing into the station after completing its run from Carbondale, in the southern part ... (more)

On November 8, 2018, Metra F40PH-2 180 backs its train into Chicago's Union Station in order to load it for the evening rush hour. This train will be heading to Aurora, Illinois. Meanwhile, an A... (more)