Amtrak’s Illinois Zephyr, operating between Chicago and Quincy, Illinois, flies through Naperville at 6:05 p.m. on April 15, 1989. The train of three Amfleet cars is pulled by EMD F40PH No. 348.
We don't get around the long distance trains too much, so seeing the new long distance chargers has been rare. I was glad to see #7 have a combo set to show the new and old era. I am not at all ex... (more)
The Texas Eagle makes a station stop at Joliet early in its trip down to the Great State of Texas.
The westbound California Zephyr swoops a Seattle bound intermodal train with the Sears Tower in the background on a crystal clear February afternoon.
My dad greets the westbound California Zephyr as it races across the Illinois countryside east of Kewanee back in 2018. Unlike many railfans, I didn't inherit my love of trains from my dad, or any... (more)
Something I never thought I'd see in my lifetime... the seemingly impossible happened as a dash 8 found itself on the long distance Texas Eagle. Thanks to PTC issues. A easy and fun chase took pla... (more)
The California Zephyr runs past a number of signals that are between Roggen and Keenesburg, Colorado.
It's blue hour, and the Christmas Season is in the air with the skyline of Chicago illuminated in Red and Green as we see the Southwest Chief in the foreground.
Amtrak heads west through La Grange, Illinois on the BNSF racetrack.
A 5+ hour late Empire Builder slowly rolls out of the station in Glenview, IL, with two of the Phase VI ALC-42 Charger locomotives leading the way.
Amtrak 130, the railroad's 40th Anniversary "Phase II" locomotive, races towards Chicago with the eastbound Carl Sandburg, as Metra's vintage CB&Q Fairview Ave depot looks on.
Running close to 5 1/2 hours late, Amtrak's California Zephyr glides through Mendota, IL with heritage units 822 and 184 on point.
Amtrak's Southwest Chief rushes past the Western Springs Metra station with Phase IV heritage unit #184 on point.
Amtrak P42DC 7 pulls Amtrak 3, the westbound southwest chief, into Mendota, IL for a station stop.
The outbound Illinois Zephyr flies through suburban Clarendon Hills on a beautiful evening in the western suburbs of Chicago.
