An outbound freight train departs from the yard as a hump trim crew pulls cars from the bowl tracks in front of the trim tower at BNSF's large Galesburg Classification Yard in Galesburg, IL. more)

Speeding southbound on the Brown Line entering the Loop trackage, a CTA train slams across the diamonds at Tower 18, in the northwest corner of Chicago's Loop. This is one of the busiest junctions... (more)

The skytop lounge brings up the rear of the CP 2816 steam special as it backs out of Chicago Union Station.

The westbound Southwest Chief leaves Chicago behind in a swirl of snow as it dusts the Metra platform at LaVergne and photographer Chris Lastovich at 70mph.

As the sun begins to sink in the western sky, its rays are scattered by a batch of passing clouds as a BNSF coal train rumbles east towards Chicago.

As rush hour begins, three trains meet at the CTA's Tower 18 on the northwest corner of the Loop. A rush hour only Purple Line train speeds north as a Brown Line train waits to follow it. A Green ... (more)

Celebrating the Chicago Blackhawks first Stanley Cup win since 1961, a ticker-tape parade makes its way down Washington St. in Chicago's Loop. The huge crowd goes crazy as the buses carrying the p... (more)

A westbound intermodal train pulls into the fuel racks at Clovis, NM for a top off and a quick crew change on its way toward LA on the BNSF's Transcon, while a manifest freight waits for a new cre... (more)

Shortly after sunset on a warm afternoon, the landmark Pennsylvania Railroad Eight Track Lift Bridge stands silent above the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near the Ash Street interlocking on the... (more)

At dusk on a warm summer evening, lightning bugs, or fire flies, begin to rise from an Illinois corn field as a Union Pacific freight train rolls by in the distance.

Passing traffic southbound on the Dan Ryan Expressway, a CTA Red Line train catches the last light of the day on it's way to the end of the line at 95th St.

CP 2816 backs out of Union Station amidst the glass and steel skyscrapers of Chicago's Loop.

No less than 18 trains are visible in this view from atop a new parking garage on Roosevelt Rd. just before the afternoon rush begins and these Metra BNSF trains slowly filter out and head for Aur... (more)

During the afternoon rush hour, two outbound Union Pacific line trains make their stops at the Clybourn station at Armitage and Ashland Avenues in Chicago. On the near track, a UP Northwest Line t... (more)

As lake effect snow clouds roll over the city of Chicago, an outbound Metra BNSF commuter train pulls into the Cicero, IL depot to drop off a load of rush hour commuters.