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)

As the sun prepares to set on Chicago, Union Pacific Northwest train #647 begins its trip to Harvard with Metra's newest creation in charge. Leading the way is METX #90, looking great in Chicago &... (more)

A trio of EMD’s & a Gevo lead the 281 out of Chicagoland for St. Paul.

UPY 715 and UP 819 are in the process of dumping ballast in the Ravenswood neighborhood, located in Chicago's north side. Just south of the Ravenswood Metra station (Metra's UP North Line), the tw... (more)

Inaugural runs for the Chicago and Northwestern heritage locomotive, here the train heads outbound over I90 / I 94, with the METX 402 trailing. Of note, is the Chicago and Northwestern heralds th... (more)

While I was at 18th Street waiting for M337 to get the signal after I got L536, I heard a train coming up behind me & then appeared a duo of Trunks.. so the chase was on. Here is GTW 4911 & GTW 49... (more)

Metra 90, the new Chicago and Northwestern heritage unit and the 402 state of Illinois unit lead a photo charter passed Tower A2 in Chicago.

A pair of Trunks lead the “Recycle Job” South past the Kensington Tower on the South side of Chicago.

UP Y709 is seen tied down at North Ave Yard with a tie train for the bridge project on the Kenosha Sub.

Fresh from the factory in Erie, PA, a pair of N&W six-axle locomotives have 5 new Burlington Northern C30-7s in tow as they head north on the former Nickel Plate to Calumet Yard. The locomotives ... (more)

These were the last units delivered in Santa Fe lettered "Superfleet" colors. SD75I 8276-8301 are equipped with intergrated "Whisper" cabs.

After flying in from somewhere exotic im sure, two flight attendants grab a train to the city and some well deserved rest.

Factory-fresh Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Dash 8-40BW 519 (built 10/90) sits in the railway’s Corwith Yard, awaiting it’s next assignment. These were heady days on the Santa Fe, as the 500s fo... (more)