Santa Fe GE C40-8W 949 built 10/93 at Chicago on October 26, 1993.

The Sears Tower looms tall, as Metra’s Chicago Burlington & Quincy commemorative locomotive crawls out of historic Union Station in downtown Chicago in some nice afternoon light.

Venerable F40PHs continue to soldier on for Chicago's Metra commuter operation, with some still wearing this older scheme. Here, METX 112 leads an afternoon outbound away from Union Station among... (more)

Chicago’s Iconic Tunnels. CN train L536 crawls through Downtown Chicago with IC 1000, the “class unit” IC SD70 leading a CN SD75I and SD70M-2. They are seen here tip toeing under the ... (more)

An early L536 pops out of the McCormick Place as it makes It’s way past 31st Street in Chicago with IC SD70 1000 leading a CN SD75I and CN SD70M-2. Normally, this local gets held up a lot. Betwe... (more)

A variety of Amtrak locomotives awaits their next assignments at the Amtrak shops in downtown Chicago, Illinois on a spring afternoon. Chargers, NPCU's and P42's are all at the ready, along with o... (more)

The Milwaukee Road Heritage Unit shoves a deadhead train from the yard towards Union Station for an afternoon of service on the Milwaukee West District. Here, the train is passing the Western Ave... (more)

A rather unusual leader for CN L536, CN SD40-2W 5331 leads its train South out of downtown Chicago.

UPY GP15-1 711 pushes a Metra set into OTC. It was a very hazy day in Chicago due to wildfire smoke from Canada.

Chicago, 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Manicured ballast, tell-tale poles, and The Capitol Limited, at Chicago in 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

BNSF 2661 switching a lone commuter car in the BNSF/METRA rail shops.

Brand new EMD SD75M 222 represents the Santa Fe's Superfleet series numbered ATSF 200-250 and delivered at the final stages of the BN-SF merger. They were renumbered into the 8200 series.

Colorful Chicago Freight. On the afternoon of October 3, 2022, BNSF Railway 7557 (ES44DC), Norfolk Southern 8184 (ES44AC), and Union Pacific Railroad 5279 (ES44AC) bring a mixed manifest tr... (more)

Seen from above the Clybourn Metra station on the northwest side of downtown Chicago, Metra’s CNW inspired locomotive rounds into the station stop with a UP-NW trainset in tow.