A Power Full Train. Illinois Central/Canadian National GP40R 3138 (IC, OLS, née-IC 3063 GP40, 8/1969) and Grand Trunk Western/Canadian National GP38-2 4904 (GTW, née-MP 902 GP38-2, 2/1972... (more)
Busiest Railroad Junction In The World? The interlocking at Tower 18 on the Chicago Transit Authority "L” at West Lake And North Wells Streets oversees the movement of Purple, Brown, Pink... (more)
Metra 402 departs the city with a outbound train.
New And Old. On the night of May 3, 2022, former New York Central Railroad 1949 Budd built Pullman obs/diner/sleeper "Babbling Brook" (WEBX 800007) sits in the Amtrak Chicago, Ill... (more)
The "Plug" Juliet-Chicago commuter was popular with railfans in the 1970s because it regularly ran with former GM&O F3s. My father really lucked out on this one, getting former GM&O F... (more)
BRC 560 and 561 shove into Commercial Avenue Yard, after taking headroom on "The District." The South Chicago Job is just about always dominated by lease power, so it was nice to see some Belt pow... (more)
BRC's South Chicago Job takes headroom out of Commercial Avenue Yard, making its way down "The District" with a pair of SD40's. The train is slowly making its way under the Chicago Skywa... (more)
The Chicago Short Line and the BRC's South Chicago Job both make their appearances at Pullman Junction this afternoon. The South Chicago Job is preparing to enter Commercial Avenue with a pair of ... (more)
Ever since lease units invaded the Belt Railway of Chicago, solid sets of Belt power on the South Chicago Job have become a rarity. Today, I was quite pleased to see a pair of BRC SD40s in charge.... (more)
Metra 88 leads a outbound out of the city as a Heritage Corridor set heads inbound.
The Capital Limited departs Chicago with the best looking paint scheme for Amtrak. Not much else to say other than paint 'em all like this...
Yard job Y25 spins a long distance consist while the Big Game Train unit sits in the shop. Note the different shades of blue on the two P42s they're using.
A "Winnebago" F40 brings up the rear of Heartland Corridor train 834.
Metra F40 109 shoves on the rear of an inbound commuter train arriving in Chicago.
Amtrak 30 departs Chicago with a Westbound Hiawatha. A new Venture car is first out behind the unit.
