Santa Fe "Bicentennial" SD45-2 5700 at Corwith Yard in Chicago September 1975. The 5700 was built in May 1973 and painted in the Bicentennial scheme in February 1975. The 5700 was one of... (more)

Minneapolis & St. Louis EMD NW1 91 600hp built in 1938. Unknown Photographer from my Collection.

A pair of SD60s, including one of three former BN units, is seen departing the east end of the BRC's Clearing Yard. Tom Golden photo.

Metra F40PH-2 175 leads an outbound commuter train during a Friday evening rush on the UP Geneva Sub, passing under former CNW signal bridges as it heads through the Tower A-2 Junction. At this ju... (more)

A pair of NS high-hood Geeps leads a pair of Susquehanna former BN units as they head west on the BRC to Clearing Yard. Tom Golden photo.

BRC 303 & 302 head past the 300 & 301 on their way to grab another cut of cars to hump. BRC Clearing Yard is the biggest & busiest classification yard in all of Chicagoland. On any given morning y... (more)

Chicago RR Show 1992

Only two major railroads ventured heavily into the peculiar mid-cab switcher offered by Alco in the Century series: RI and SP. The long hoods were the front on Alco's C-415's. They were ordered w... (more)

Belt Railway of Chicago Alco C424 601 and GP7 473 at Chicago's Clearing yard.

Here is the pair of ex Iowa Interstate SD38’s that now belong to the CSS are seen here leading the Belt Job back to Burnham Yard. They are seen here just South of Chicago as they pass the Kensingt... (more)

A Friday afternoon rush hour sees inbound and outbound Metra commuter trains meeting the PRR signal bridge at CP Morgan on the Milwaukee District. An F59PHI is leading the inbound, while an F40 do... (more)

With its former Santa Fe caboose on the rear, the Chicago Short Line is seen departing east from US Steel South Works toward the lift bridge over the Calumet River with an empty bottle train retur... (more)

A pair of Chicago Short Line units are seen pulling a string of empty bottle cars east out of US Steel's South Works facility along Lake Michigan for a return into NW Indiana. With over 10,000 em... (more)