A set of Bombardier 5000 Series cars clatters over the diamonds at Chicago Transit Authority’s busy junction at Tower 18 on the elevated “L” rapid transit railway above Lake and Wells Street... (more)

Santa Fe GP20s nos. 3158 and 3148 pose at Corwith Yard in January 1976. The "Dress Blue" road switcher scheme was certainly handsome and the GP20s would have been among the first units d... (more)

Santa Fe GP9U no. 2246 is coupled to its switching slug at Corwith Yard. The origin of this slug is unknown to me, other than it appears to be a former EMD switcher. The 2246 was built as ATSF 734... (more)

Santa Fe GP39-2 no. 3663 poses for a portrait on an icy January day at Corwith Yard, Chicago. During this period one could enjoy the bright yellow/blue warbonnet color scheme operating with a numb... (more)

Amtrak’s Pere Marquette train 371 heads south out of Chicago Union Station past BNSF EMD GP39-3 No. 2655 switching the BNSF/Metra 14th Street coach yard along Canal Street as it deadheads to the... (more)

An inbound Metra commuter train off the BNSF line to Aurora, Illinois, is about to pass under the signal bridge at Roosevelt Road approaching Chicago Union Station on November 11, 2019. Amtrak’s... (more)

It is windy and cold, with Chicago getting between three and four inches of snow as BNSF GP39-2 No. 2759 switches Metra bi-level cars at the BNSF/Metra coach yard along Canal Street on November 11... (more)

A Metra commuter train waits for departure at Chicago Union Station on November 11, 2019.

Randy Knaub is getting the shot of another ubiquitous Chicago and North Western commuter train about to hit the MILW diamonds at Mayfair in 1976.

Metra EMD F40PH-3 No. 122 leads a commuter train out of Chicago Union Station towards the BNSF/Metra coach yard along Canal Street on a snowy November 11, 2019.

An outbound Metra commuter train led by EMD F40PHM-3 No. 200 splits two inbound Amtrak trains at CP Taylor south of Chicago Union Station on November 11, 2019. On the left is Amtrak train 351, a W... (more)

A mixed-up hodgepodge of Amtrak equipment passes under Roosevelt Road overpass after departing Chicago Union Station on November 11, 2019. Amtrak P42DC No. 171 and B32BWH No. 504 power the train t... (more)

Amtrak’s Pere Marquette train 371 heads south out of Chicago Union Station under Roosevelt Road deadheading to the Amtrak coach yard, most likely after being turned on the wye adjoining the Amtr... (more)

A view into Chicago Union Station from the Canal Street entrance shows stairs leading down into the Great Hall waiting room area on November 11, 2019. On the left is a portion of Amtrak’s Metrop... (more)

Metra trains wait out the work day laying over at the BNSF/Metra coach yard along Canal Street (since CB&Q days, nicknamed the Zephyr Pit) at Chicago, Illinois, as seen from Roosevelt Road on a sn... (more)