Train #5, the Quad City Rocket, departs La Salle Street Station with Rock Island's Bicentennial Unit on the point.

ATSF 6302, a GE U23B, shares space at Corwith diesel shops with FM and older EMD power between runs. About this time the Santa Fe began to experiment with the yellow/blue war bonnet scheme that wo... (more)

At rush hour this area is like a bee-hive with trains coming and going. Seeing this for the first time in person was special. When you live in an area that has a single track mainline that sees 8-... (more)

Preparation for The Joliet Rocket inbound // LaSalle Street Station // Chicago IL

With the Willis Tower and Union Power Station in the backdrop, a Metra Commuter train with The Village of Cary engine as power, backs into Union Station in preparation for the evening rush hour.

NS 8355 leads a ethanol train west through the Washington Heights neighborhood of Chicago.

Non-stop action at possibly the busiest rail junction in the world. Most of the people of Chicago never see this view of the action, but they sure do hear it when trains rumble across it!!

The Metra Rock Island heritage unit sits at LaSalle Street Station on protect duty (and display) for the NKP 765 trips.

A Chicagoland interlocking tower.

METX 425 sits in LaSalle Street Station.

Nickel Plate Road 765, a 1942 Lima Locomotives built 2-8-4 Berkshire arrives in Chicago at LaSalle Street Station during the Sunday afternoon "Joliet Rocket" excursion. This was the last... (more)

Metra 184 leads a rock island district commuter train into the 35th street station while waiting for the Joliet Rocket excursion.

Metra departs Chicago on a busy Friday afternoon.

NKP 765 leads the Joliet Rocket over Cermak Road in Chicago as seen from the CTA Cermak/Chinatown platform. A outbound Metra meets the 765 in the meantime.

Metra departs Chicago on a busy Friday afternoon.