Commuter Walk: Disembarking commuters walk alongside the tracks and will pass my position (or use the elevator) as they make their way up and over the tracks to the parking garage via a ped... (more)
The Ugliest Diesel Ever? Some might consider the CF7 to be the ugliest diesel locomotive ever built, others the BQ23-7, but for my money this contraption based on an E8(B) when seen from t... (more)
Shadows! As the sun goes down, the skyscraper leaves a shadow on the Chicago Sun-Times buidling, a skyscraper off frame to the left casts a shadow on the visible skyscraper, a tree casts i... (more)
Lake Street Tower YAWNS and thinks to itself, a Metra and a CTA, harrumph, not even two Metras. Now, two Metras, an Amtrak and a CTA, that would keep me awake!
An engine makes its way to Union Station through shadows from bridges and buildings. In two hours at this location I saw only this one light power move amongst the many, many train moving in and ... (more)