CN sent me a nice birthday present this morning. A pair of Bessemer & Lake Erie SD38-2's approach the Illinois International Port District in Chicago with the day's Lakefront Local.
An ethanol train holds on the BRC, awaiting signal indication at Cragin to hop onto the CP Elgin Sub. Leading is a zebra striped C40-8M. Today, a good majority of these "barns" are scrap... (more)
Blue Island bound Rock Island #615 departs LaSalle Street Station 8 minutes behind schedule.
HZRX 1500 shoves a cut a scrap gons into a mill on Chicago’s south side. This unit was originally in 1953 as a Santa Fe F7A.
Metra commuter train 918 crosses the lift bridge over the South Branch of the Chicago River as it nears the end of its journey on the Heritage Corridor Line from Joliet to downtown Chicago's Union... (more)
Metra SouthWestern Line commuter train 810 has arrived on the Amtrak Terminal’s trackage (in this case, Track 5) and is passing the Amtrak 14th Street maintenance facility. Arrival at Chicago U... (more)
New Beginnings. AMTK 300 (ALC-42, Phase VI) arrived in Chicago, Illinois on June 14, 2021 on Amtrak Train 6 (California Zephyr) from the Siemens Factory, and recently returned to Chicago, I... (more)
First And Last. On June 15, 2021, P42DC AMTK 161 (Phase I) and ALC42 AMTK 300 (Phase VI) sat in Chicago's Amtrak Yard after the Refreshed Superliner Interiors event. The AMTK 161 replaces t... (more)
Chicago & Eastern Illinois E9A 1102, F3B 935B and E7A 1101 are moments away from a late afternoon departure from Dearborn Station with the combined Georgian/Humming Bird in October 1967. The C&EI ... (more)
IC 1020 leads CN L536 South out of downtown Chicago.
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. With the Willis Tower looming in the back... (more)
#97 in Metra's new scheme.
