Classic Chicago Scene Metra 823 departs OTC for Kenosha, WI with a non-rebuilt F40 leading. This F40PH-2, #138 will soon be rebuilt to the F40PH-3 class.

Surfliner Heritage Metra 509 to Elburn, IL departs with ex-Amtrak F59PHI #82 leading.

CNW Paint On An F59? Metra 721 to Harvard, IL departs Chicago's Ogilvie Transportation Center with ex-Amtrak F59PHI #90 (formerly 467.) Once an F59 used on Amtrak's Cascades route in the P... (more)

Amtrak E8(A) 1327 ex UP leading out of Chicago's Union Station, the westbound Southwest Limited in October 1972. Jim Ward photo, from my collection.

Chicago The obligatory Roosevelt Rd. shot with a friendly engineer sticking out the window.

L&N Alco C630 # 1427 rests at a small yard in Chicago in the summer of 1979 i those days a lot of Alcos could still be found in the Chicago area and this yard seemed to always have a Big century a... (more)

Wabash E8 #1006 slowly accelerates out of Chicago's Dearborn Station with train 121 the Blue Bird for its run to St. Louis in November 1959. Photo by Al Holtz, from my slide collection.

Multiple BNSF GP's are waiting for their assignment at the intermodal yard in Cicero including an H1.

Amtrak's City of New Orleans tail hoses past the Chicago locomotive facility and into Union Station, arriving 28 minutes early from New Orleans.

An outlawed stack train from NS Ashland Avenue Yard awaits a new crew in Chicago, while a CTA Orange Line train passes by overhead. The stack train features the Norfolk Southern's Reading heritage... (more)

A pair of Amtrak P42's pull down out of the yard at the 18th Street Shops, putting together a trainset for a night departure. The train is crossing the Chicago River on a lift bridge and diverges ... (more)

The Joliet Rocket pulled by NKP 765 pulls into track 7 at Metra's Lasalle Street Station to drop off passengers to enjoy a meal, beverages, and live music during the evening of Saturday 06/17/17. ... (more)

The first GE U50s delivered to the UP in October 1963 numbered 31-33. View of UP 31 at Chicago, Illinois on October 19, 1963. Photo taken from my collection, No photographer's name listed.