The median "L" was opened in 1969. The elevated opened in 1907 as the Englewood extension. But the houses and the church predate them all, going back to the 1870s. A NB Green line train has sl... (more)

It's a summer holiday weekend, in fact the busiest weekend of all, the day before the Fourth and Taste of Chicago is downtown; thus eight cars on this Brown Line train pulling out of the terminal ... (more)

In opposite directions, two CTA trains meet running on two separate lines: the SB Red line train of Budd 2600s in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway and the prototype set of Bombardier AC5000s ... (more)

When built in 1892, the southside "L" from Congress St south to 39th ST was already known as the "alley L". This NB Green line train is on the third track that was added in 1907. Around 1950, the... (more)

It's the busiest summer holiday weekeknd, the 4th of July and Taste of Chicago is downtown in Grant Park, thus this SB Blue Line train has eight cars as it roars at its maximum speed of 55 MPH dow... (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)

The canopy and railings of the Library station frame this outbound Brown line train entering the station on the Van Buren side of the Loop "L". The large building in the background is nicknamed, "... (more)

An outbound Orange line train on the left meets an outbound Brown line train on the right on the Wabash side of the Loop "L". All Loop bound trains change their destination signs before coming on... (more)

This WB Pink line train has just turned off the Lake ST "L" which it shares with the Green line. The train first climbed a slight grade, then slipped to the right, and now begins to descend. The u... (more)

A WB Pink line train accelerates on the latest style in elevated construction that replaced the 1894 era steel "L" on a stretch of track known locally as "the Connector." The train is inbetween w... (more)

A six car NB Green line train crosses the throat tracks to the Olgilvie Transportation Center and brakes for a station stop at Clinton Street. The UP switcher has just delivered two METRA locomo... (more)

The Bombardier AC5000 test train has just finished a one mile run at top speed of 55 MPH between Pulaski and Kedzie stations and brakes for a station stop. This is the Lake Street branch of the ... (more)

Now that the Bombardier AC5000 test cars are assigned to the Green line for four weeks of testing, the new assignment brings the test train to the tracks pof Chicago's famed Loop "L". Running nor... (more)

A WB Pink line train winds around the Wabash-Lake corner of the famed Chicago Loop "L", but since this curve is offset, it is not the sharpest on the Loop.

The Bombardier AC5000 test train is now in its third week of revenue testing, still on the Red line, with one more week after this one to go. Then the train will transfer to the Green line. Northb... (more)