A pair of GE motors chug through Rondout hauling a CP manifest towards Bensenville. It's always a pleasure to listen to GE's under some load, both GEVO's and older FDL's.

Variety abounds at the 18th Street Locomotive Shop. The Siemens Testing Charger prepares to make its first run. The 406 heritage unit rests nearby.

Departing Union Station under the Chicago skyline.

The afternoon rush hour is underway as seen just from the throat of Chicago Union Station.

BNSF 5054 leads a nice lashup east under the signals at CP 426. These NYC signal bridges days are numbered as replacements are up and waiting to be cut over.

Sears (Willis) Towerkeeping an eye on the yard. Metra & Amtrak Chicago Terminal Yard (Chicago Union Station) - South Side Chicago, Illinois, USA 29 May 2013 Metra #197 [EMD F40PHM-2] be... (more)

METX 196 shoves on the rear of an inbound Metra train.

F40PH-3's 100 and 216 double head a rush hour "Suburban" bound for Fox Lake as they cross over at Rondout.

EJ&E 667 and GTW 4610 lead the oil local through Lemont, passing the mural located in downtown.

On a beautiful evening, 35J (Elkhart, IN - IHB Blue Island Yard) rolls west through East Chicago with a very nice trio of NS GP60's.

UP 3016 & 3027 head west just outside of Rochelle, IL.

A SD40 leading an intermodal train? I wish, this is UP's Global 3 pull down job. UP 1818 and sister unit 1822 have a GEVO with them as they shove a cut of cars back into the facility.

IHB's GP38-2 pair leads a westbound manifest into Riverdale.

Metra 917 departs passes CP-Lumber with a train bound for Joliet. Leading the way is F59PH 99, one of three such models on Metra. On the left is the Amtrak Y25 yard job, which is spinning an inbou... (more)

A CTA Brown Line train rounds the curve at Tower 18 as they exit "The Loop" bound for Kimball.