Manufacturers Junction Railway SW1 #7 working at Cicero in 1981. This line was sold to Omnitrax in May 1986.
As lake effect snow clouds roll over the city of Chicago, an outbound Metra BNSF commuter train pulls into the Cicero, IL depot to drop off a load of rush hour commuters.
No other rapid transit operation has surface running with street grade crossings like Chicago. Chicago has 25. This westbound Pink line train is about to cross Cicero AV, the busiest crossing on... (more)
After taking down some power lines in Elmhurst on their first day running from the EJ&E onto the Iowa Division, CN's Q118 had another red letter day, encountering some clearance issues with the UP... (more)
Staying up until 3am watching trains pays off sometimes, especially when a IC SD40 shows up on the point!
BNSF 2010 pushes a long cut of stacks back into yard tracks for the trains later in the day. BNSF 649 sits idle after bringing in the M-GALCHC.
Not a common scheme now a days...
My 500th photo on Railpictures! An outbound Metra train passes Clyde yard on the mainline. Note Clyde's East Tower to the extreme right.
An inbound dinky approaches the Cicero Metra station at the same time as an outbound.
An ICE ethanol train heads south down the BRC at 31st Street.
H1 painted GP30 rebuild idles at a high rpm keeping warm.
Still toting fuel around over two decades on from its original role. Now it appears to be used for delivering diesel to fuel depots such as Clyde Diesel Shop.
Just delivered and setup for first trip west.
KCS 4124 stops briefly at Laramie Ave waiting for the BRC to accept the train.
An SP SD40 and SD40T-2 sit at BN's Clyde yard at Cicero, Il. SP had trackage rights into Chicago at that time.
