After making a pickup and a setout at the Port of Chicago (Iroquois Landing), the "Short Line" makes the short trip back to its yard just a few blocks away. SW1500 #31 leads two bay wind... (more)

On July 31, 1983, Norfolk Southern operated a round trip steam special between Chicago and Fort Wayne, IN with N&W 611. The train is seen being moved through Chicago's Pullman Junction by a GP38A... (more)

Former Amtrak California Pacific Surfliner F59PHI sits in the Metra Ogilvie Transportation Center. Taken from the CTA Clinton stop. Metra purchased 21 Amtrak F59PHI's in 2018, most of which ar... (more)

A CTA Green Line train passes over the Chicago River above Lake Street. The Green Line uses some of the oldest infrastructure in the "L" system, with some of it dating back to 1892.

Metra's Milwaukee Road heritage unit shoves an inbound under CP Morgan on approach to Union Station.

We usually call the outside the engine, but this is the engine. This GE 7FDL16 V16 prime mover is what makes the Amtrak P42 go! This unit sits in the Amtrak Chicago maintenance facility to ... (more)

Metra F40 154 shoves it's train towards downtown Chicago for its first run of the afternoon, passing through the Tower A2 control point after leaving the coach yard.

Metra 89 leads a outbound train west through Tower A-2.

A French-built Amtrak Turbo stands in the gloom of Chicago Union Station, about to depart for Milwaukee as train 335. At the time these ANF Turbos covered all Chicago-Milwaukee runs.

After running an inaugural trip to Crystal Lake, Metra's CNW heritage unit along with the State of Corruption's MP36 pull past Tower A2 and into the California Ave Coach Yard.

Metra's C&NW heritage unit is seen on sitting on track 5 next to a painted Pullman shortly before making its first trip to Crystal Lake.

YPR60B is seen at Grand Ave Yard in downtown Chicago as they begin to switch the cars for The Chicago Tribune and Blommer Chocolate.

UP train YPR60B heads down the Grand Avenue Yard Lead to service The Chicago Tribune and Blommer Chocolate.

With COVID-19, it's hard to remember when commuter trains were regularly jam packed, but this photo from a couple of years ago reminds of what life was like. Everyone tuned into their device or b... (more)

UP train YPR60B passes CY Tower as it crosses over from the Harvard Sub to the North Ave Yard lead. Im not sure what year the CP diamonds were ripped out, but its been nearly 20 years since the la... (more)