Afternoon Metra rush kicks off with METX 509 heading west.

METX 508 heads east in the early afternoon.

The traffic is bad. The crime rate is high. Winters are rough and you may have a hard time finding a place to park, but from up here, you tend to forgot about all that. Train #2711 is just ... (more)

Amtrak 519, 522 and 90222 make their shove move at Union Avenue as they're in the process of wyeing for positioning in the yard at 18th Street.

Dash 8's And Cityscapes. After arriving and disembarking passengers at Chicago Union Station, Amtrak's inbound Cardinal has finished its wye move and is seen shoving into the yard at 18th S... (more)

As evidenced by the massive amount of ties in the background, one thing is for sure. A big project is in the works for the BRC around 14th Street. The North Outside Industry job is in the process ... (more)

The three man North Outside Industry crew goes over the gameplan as BRC MP15AC #151 shines in the late evening sunshine at Charter Steel, an industry located in Chicago's west side. They would del... (more)

A pair of Omnitrax units shove a train back into the yard at East 104th Street on Chicago's southeast side.

As CPKC 541 prepares to double up its train at Galewood Yard, MDW 2246 rockets east to the city with an SD70MACH in charge.

An afternoon Metra train rolls slowly by a track gang working on some of the turnouts.

In the last year of Monon's small passenger business, high-nose Alco Century 420's 501, 502 and 503 took over for the twenty year old F's. On May 25, 1967 Monon's number 5 departs Chicago's IC ... (more)

CPKC train 529 heads west through CP 509 with the KCS Veterans unit leading. After a lengthy wait, the train is slow rolling down the connection to the Belt Railway of Chicago as it exits Norfolk ... (more)

Amtrak's Empire Builder rolls under the signal bridge at CP Morgan at the beginning of its 3 day journey to Seattle

C&EI GP7 71 (originally numbered 206) with a lone ERIE 40ft box car and C&EI Caboose 438, crossing the Chicago 21st street diamonds on June 2, 1968. The C&EI had 30 GP7's (203-232) easily their... (more)

This unit has been preserved and probably looks better today. It's a commuter equipped locomotive. Photo by Tom Vanier. From my collection.