Under a beautiful sunset, WSOR T1 departs Clearing yard, bound for Janesville.

Metra trains wait at the Ogilvie Transportation Center to serve communities along the three Union Pacific operated lines that run from here. Included in the line up is UPY 711 shoving a consist in... (more)

A pair of Cascade green BN EMD's work a pulldown at Corwith Yard in Chicago. The diamonds where the CN Joliet and BNSF Chillicothe Subs cross can be seen in the background. It was a refreshing sig... (more)

A Precision National Leasing SD24, still in Southern paint, leads five other units on a Milwaukee Road train at Bensenville, Illinois. This was during the power shortage after bankruptcy and a m... (more)

These tracks have seen more plentiful days, though they are a reliable source for catching CN's fallen flags. On this day the Illinois Central leads the Grand Trunk and EJ&E

Thomas Szczesniak Jr. photo.

Two Nickel Plate Alco PA's 181-183 Blue Birds, meeting a smoking Rock Island Alco RS-3 494 near Chicago's La Salle Street Station in August 1961. Photo from my collection, Photo by Van Dusen.

Led by the uniquely painted E6A, a Rock Island passenger train heads south from LaSalle Street Station. Tom Golden photo.

With the Sears Tower under construction, a Rock Island passenger train departs LaSalle Street Station. Tom Golden photo.

Taken from the nose of a BL2, the Monon has placed its caboose in position for a return drag home to Hammond after dropping off a transfer to the BRC's Clearing Yard. Tom Golden photo.

Between trips, former New York Central Railroad Budd built Pullman obs/diner/sleeper "Babbling Brook" (WEBX 800007) sits in the yard in Chicago, Illinois on the afternoon of August 12, 2... (more)

Still in its orange and blue scheme, METX 213 shoves train 1306 into Chicago’s Union Station past CP Roosevelt.

Cascade green GP39M #2740 (GP30 carbody) is in charge of the R CHI458 as it builds its outbound train for Eola Yard in Aurora. This unit has led just about every local in Chicagoland in the past f... (more)

Two Wabash GP9's equipped with steam generators for passenger service, near Dearborn Station in September 1964. Al Holtz photographer, from my collection.

The North Outside Industry job, better known as NOSI, makes its way south across the diamonds with the former Illinois Central at Hawthorne. The train consists of cars from Charter Steel and Best ... (more)