Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) EMD F40PH No. 171 waits out the weekend at the commuter yard at Harvard, Illinois, on April 26, 1987. Metra (short for Metropolitan Rail) was formed in 1985... (more)
On April 26, 1987, a pair of Metra commuter trains, with locomotives still in RTA colors, sit alongside some Chicago & North Western power at Harvard, Illinois. The brick factory in the background... (more)
Ready for another trip to Chicago, RTA (Regional Transportation Authority) commuter trains wait out the night in the yard at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 22, 1986. RTA F40PH Nos. 154, 136 and 1... (more)
RTA F40's at Blue Island, IL
RTA #517 and train in the Kenosha yard before its morning trip to Chicago. The 517 was built as the CNW 5024A in July 1951 and retired on October 1, 1986
Outbound commuter train rolls past stored Rock Island freight cars at the Burr Oak yard a year after the Rock's demise.
Crooks Terminal Warehouse operated warehouses in Kansas City, and perhaps other cities, in addition to Chicago. For more shots of the Zephyr Pit area that day, see Railroad: RTA (Chicago)Locomotive: EMD F40PHLocation: Chicago, Illinois, USALocomotive #: RTA 109Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: May 21, 1981
An RTA engine moves about the station throat area, underneath the CTA bridge above Lake Street (itself passing underneath the throat). Note the interesting ground signals. For another shot at th... (more)
Setting the blue flag before starting the job. RTA 109 was the "Village of Robbins." For others shot at the Zephyr Pit area from that day, see Railroad: RTA (Chicago)Locomotive: EMD F40PHLocation: Chicago, Illinois, USALocomotive #: RTA 109Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: May 21, 1981
Afternoon inbound about to duck under the Roosevelt Road Bridge.
This is an express on the middle track. Not all gallery cars painted into RTA colors: red, white, and brown.
One of the newest diesels in town with probably the oldest coaches. Couldn't do this in winter because the coaches need steam for heating and the F40PH can provide only electricity. The noses of... (more)
