The sole former GO Transit NPCU with the Pere Marquette. This locomotive was one of six purchased by Amtrak from GO Transit in 1990, and was the only one to stay on the roster beyond the early 200... (more)

Chicago Union Station on a rainy spring night.

The original Amtrak Veterans unit heads up an assortment of different cars as part of an equipment display for the kickoff Amtrak Train Days event, the short lived successor to National Train Day.... (more)

Metra 200 departs west out of the city with a outbound train.

Howard Yard is the biggest one.

A Green line train is southbound between 35th St. station and Indiana Ave. station. This is almost the end of the city's first elevated, the 4 1/2 mile Alley 'L' which opened in 1892 powered by st... (more)

Something old, something new... The last Hiawatha of the night departs the Windy City as it passes under the last stand of Pennsy position lights in Chicago with a new SC-44 doing the honors.

Opened in 1897, the Loop 'L' services five routes with three classes of equipment. A Brown line train of 3200 series cars slowly rounds the curve at Lake and Wabash.

This southbound Red line train is stopped at the home board at Clark Jct. with red over red and the track trip up.

CNW's only DL-109, 5007A awaits scrapping in the 40th Street Yard in Chicago, IL in 1954. Russ Porter photo from my collection.

A pair of Metra commuter trains approaches Chicago Union Station, along with an Amtrak train slowly backing into the station on November 9, 2017. Chicago’s dynamic skyline dominates the backgrou... (more)

With the assistance of an Ohio crane, several Chicago & Northwestern Maintenance of Way employees are seen performing tie replacement work in Chicago. Tom Golden photo.

The 2017 CTA Holiday Train makes it way down the Dan Ryan in the last minutes of sun.

Amtrak 337 Hiawatha service (Chicago - Milwaukee) leaving Union Station and crossing the N Canal Street, in dowtown Chicago. At the end of the train, former EMD F40PH locomotive that belonged to G... (more)