A Westbound CTA Green Line train makes its way West out of downtown Chicago.

Amtrak 58 makes its arrival into Chicago with a B40-8W leading a broken down ALC-42.

Repainted BLE tunnel motor 902 departs the Port of Chicago with CN L512.

Of the seventy-five Santa Fe GP20s, only sixteen were merger painted.

Oddball Old Boxcar Northampton and Bath 559 an old 40 feet car/ taken In Chicago in the winter of 1976. This is the only one of these I have ever seen.

Monday evening Rock Island commuter train passing by 16th Street tower in Chicago on 07/15/74, captured on Ektachrome. Photographer unknown. John E. Troxler collection

Monday evening Rock Island commuter train passing by 16th Street in Chicago on 07/15/74, captured on Kodachrome. Photographer unknown. John E. Troxler collection

The 2022 CTA Holiday Train heads East towards the loop on the Green Line.

A regular butthead bonanza, six units and about as many cars. Photo by Dave Petke. From my collection.

A Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Alco switcher positions Grand Trunk & Western passenger cars in Dearborn Station during a humid summer day in Chicago.

Awaiting Assignment: A collection of several different locomotives (and former locomotives) is visible at Chicago's 18th Street locomotive facility. In this scene from June of 2022, the new... (more)

Metra's evening rush hour kicks off from Chicago's Ogilvie Transportation Center as a pair of UP North/Northwest commuters leave the Chicago skyline behind on an already dark commute to Chicago's ... (more)

Early phase unit. Photo by Gary W Zeitler, from my collection.

As they did for thirty odd years these units project mighty columns of glorious Alco pollution into the pristine atmosphere of the Windy City as they slowly drag the merchandise of America from ra... (more)

The westbound Empire Builder begins it’s trip out of Chicago to Seattle with three of Amtrak’s new long distance chargers at the point, and the 50th anniversary up front.