Gone in a flash, Amtrak's southbound City of New Orleans streaks past the old Illinois Central depot in the tiny town of Danforth, IL, going every bit of 79mph here on the Mainline of Mid America.
An outbound Metra run heading for Manhattan, IL on the Southwest Service roars out of Union Station. The conductor has just begun collecting tickets and is silhouetted in the rear window of the t... (more)
The westbound Southwest Chief leaves Chicago behind in a swirl of snow as it dusts the Metra platform at LaVergne and photographer Chris Lastovich at 70mph.
A westbound intermodal train heads towards Bakersfield literally seconds after the sun rose above the Tehachapi Mountains. This train got briefly delayed at Summit after tripping the high/wide det... (more)