Winter is always a rough time for the Amtrak Charger units. With a number of them suffering failures, P32BWH #500 got a chance to lead numerous Hiawathas between Chicago and Milwaukee. Train #333 ... (more)

Metra Electric. On a hot and hazy June 16, 2006, a modest 4 car train of Metra "Highliner" MU Coaches led by METX 1515 on train 315 (built by St. Louis, 1971-72, rebuilt by Amerai... (more)

The Many Faces of Amtrak

Sitting at Amtrak's 16th Street Diesel Shop is a variety of motive power: On the left is AMTK MP14B 592, and next to that is Illinois Department of Tran... (more)

Amtrak Midwest. Siemens Charger SC-44 IDTX 4611 was brand new and recently delivered to Amtrak when it was posed in front of the Chicago Locomotive Shop on August 27, 2017. At the time, Amt... (more)

An evening South Shore train heads into the city

The Belt Railway of Chicago's North Outside Industry job (NOSI) departs Charter Steel with its sizable pickup, on a day where temperatures exceeded 100 degrees. BRC GP38-2 #581 is in charge, inste... (more)

With its pickup on the main, UP GP38-2 #815 is in charge of YPR60B as it shoves its delivery into the Chicago Tribune. Directly behind the 815 is CNW caboose #11119, a regular on this job.

One thing I've always liked about downtown Chicago is that it sees veteran Union Pacific GP15-1's handling Metra equipment on a daily basis. Enroute from the California Avenue Coach Yard to Ogilvi... (more)

a pair of Northwestern SD40-2's lead a transfer train past the old C&WI 40th Street tower in Chicago Illinois

Just south of Union Station is Amtrak’s 16th Street Engine Facility, where the carrier’s locomotives and cars get serviced and receive light repairs. We see Amtrak Non-Powered Control Unit (N... (more)

Metra trains wait out the commuter’s work day laying over at the BNSF/Metra coach yard along Canal Street (since CB&Q days, nicknamed the Zephyr Pit) at Chicago, Illinois, in a view from Rooseve... (more)

Marble stairs and brass handrails ascend to the Canal Street exit of Chicago Union Station from the Great Hall waiting room area on November 11, 2019.

Chicago & Eastern Illinois FP7A 1605, F3B 1502 and F3A 1407 are moments away from a late afternoon departure from Dearborn Station with the combine Georgian/Humming Bird in October 1967. Photo fr... (more)

A four-car Chicago Transit Authority commuter train crosses the diamonds at Tower 18 on the elevated “L” rapid transit railway above Lake and Wells Streets on November 8, 2018. This interestin... (more)