Amtrak 16 sits with train 59, the southbound City of New Orleans, at Hammond while the crew makes a cut 5 cars from the rear. The head end will then pick up three cars from the team track and hea... (more)

The last southbound City of New Orleans to turn at Hammond and the first to travel to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina split at Hammond. AMTK 16 and AMTK 11 have cut away with the N.O. portion... (more)

A new arrival at Alliance Yard, Omnitrax 1751 will be assigned to switching the intermodal facility.

Amtrak 68 has just breezed by the commuter depot at Riverside and prepares to thunder across the Des Plaines River with westbound train #3, The Southwest Chief, as it begins the long journey to Lo... (more)

Traffic stops as Metra 186 leads an afternoon Suburban into the station at Riverside on Main Track 1.

Metra 123 leaves the CP Bensenville Yard behind as it charges past Tower B-17 with an evening commuter train on the former Milwaukee District.

CP 6004 makes itself at home at Bensenville in Chicagoland.

The first light of the morning reflects off the nose of SSW 9701 as it waits for a crew to show up and switch the many industries at Roanoke.

The evening sun lights up the nose of Metra 197 as it shoves an eastbound commuter train toward Riverside on its way from Aurora to Chicago.

CP 4611 and CP 4522 display brilliant coats of paint at Bensenville.

CP 6004 rests near the old turntable at Bensenville.

Metra 186 shoves an Eastbound Dinkie at speed on Main Track 3 under the EJ&E overpass at East Eola. This is at MP 33 on the BNSF Chicago Subdivision.

Metra 404 heads directly into brilliant evening light as it charges westward to Aurora with an 11-car Dinkie. The EJ&E overpass gives the location away as East Eola.

An easbound Dinkie slides under the wesbound control signals at Congress Park as the train prepares to make the station stop at Brookfield en-route from Aurora to Chicago.