An array of signals guard Brighton Park

CTA's Holiday Train make a brief stop at the abandoned California Ave station on the Blue Line in the middle of I290.

Meeting of Amtrak units at Chicago's 18th Street Amtrak locomotives facility, nice and interesting panorama for any visitor, especially who like trains. In the background, a classic icon of the ci... (more)

Amtrak 504 shoves Amtrak Hiawatha train 336 into Chicago under the CP Morgan signal bridge.

Penn Central SW1500 no. 9224 is parked at Ashland Avenue with NYC caboose 21023. This trackage, or at least some of it belongs to the Chicago River and Indiana Railroad, one of several transfer ro... (more)

Little snow, but icy conditions greet ten year old PC 2653, a U25B built in December 1965, and a pair of Southern Pacific SD40s at Penn Central's 56th St. Yard in Chicago, IL. In a few months 2653... (more)

A cool, icy day greets a trio of Santa Fe GP7s about to go to work at Corwith Yard, Chicago, IL in January 1976. The lead unit is in "dress blue" and was a stem generator equipped unit w... (more)

SOO 779 rumbles the cligedi clag Ash Xing

Painted in Mid-December, but with the nose logo recently applied, Metra's Rock Island Heritage locomotive departs Chicago. The unit is painted and named in honor of retiring CEO Don Orenso, who b... (more)

As a former Penn Central switcher moves a single Amtrak coach toward Union Station, one of Amtrak's Turboliners departs south on an overcast summer day. Tom Golden photo.

CTA Santa train approachest Clark-Lake station on the Loop elevated coming off the Ravenswood(Brown) Line, now an Midway(Orange) Line train.

CTA Holiday Express train makes station stop on Loop Elevated at Clark-Lake.

CTA North Bound Santa train rounds the Sheridan curve approaching the Sheridan station. The train operates on different lines throughout the system.

Evening commuters rush to their Metra trains on Track 10 and 12 in Chicago Union Station on November 8, 2017.