A pair of old Santa Fe Warbonnet Dash 9s lead NTCBRC south past Archer Ave.

After doing some PTC testing, a pair of UP SD40Ns race light westbound down the Harvard Sub approaching Harlem Avenue.

Metra 403 pushes a inbound train under the Pennsy position lights at CP Morgan in Chicago on their final day before their replacement cutover began

With the Chicago Skyway and Conrail's Colehour Yard in the background, the Indianapolis-bound Hoosier State is seen transitioning from the former PRR Fort Wayne line south to the former PRR Bernic... (more)

Shortly after getting off the BNSF at 31st Street, H NTWBRC makes its way south down the BRC at LeMoyne. A pair of Santa Fe Warbonnets and a Heritage 1 Dash 9 make for a great lash-up from the '90... (more)

BRC's industry job makes a pick-up at Independence Tube Corporation.

BRC MP15AC 150 departs Charter Steel on Chicago's west side after making its pick-up.

All red at CP Morgan. The Pennsy position lights have been guiding trains through Racine Avenue in Chicago since the 1920's. Over the next few days, they will be taken out of service and replaced ... (more)

Arrivals and departures of Amtrak and Metra trains can be observed from this classic observation point as it is Roosevelt Road, at the southern end of Chicago Union Station, with a classic icon of... (more)

Metra 174 leads a outbound express train under the classic CNW signal bridge at the Clyborn station in Chicago. CY Tower can be seen on the right.

The H-NTWBRC heads south through Nerska with about 4,000ft of train in tow. It's not far from it's destination of Clearing Yard on the BRC in the near southside, and is slamming the diamonds of th... (more)

BRC 151 heads south across the BNSF Chillicothe Sub at LeMoyne. This local usually has a Geep of some kind for power, so I was pleasantly surprised to see it operating with a switcher on this sunn... (more)

A trio of Santa Fe GEs leads a manifest freight out of Corwith Yard as seen from the yard tower's walkway. Tom Golden photo.

Amtrak's Empire Builder departs Chicago and heads west towards Seattle and Portland, passing under the Pennsylvania Railroad signal bridge at CP Morgan.

Locomotives:
AMTK 154 P42DC
A... (more)

Morning rush
Two Metra commuter trains make their way into Chicago Union Station passing Taylor Street in Chicago, Illinois, on the morning of November 9, 2017. The two inbounds are EMD-... (more)