Tom Golden photo.

The sun begins to set during another busy weekday evening in Downtown Chicago as Southwest Service train 823 heads south out of the South Concourse of Chicago Union Station (CUS).

Tom Golden photo.

CTA Brown Line about to pull into Adam's and Wabash in the Loop

Green Line train #609 approaching Clinton while crossing over the Chicago River

Metra UP-North leaving Chicago out of Ogilvie Transportation Center. The snow had cleared up from the earlier half of the afternoon in time for some of the low sunlight before night would fall. ... (more)

CTA Brown Line train approaching the Adam's and Wabash stop in the loop.

Camper. Metra 200, an F40PHM-2 "Winnebago", leads a train under the tri-lights south of Chicago Union Station.

After Sundown,BN E9A 9916 is waiting in the Commuter yard area

New York Central E8(A) leads an E8(A) - PA - E7(A) consist on a passenger train in Chicago in the 1960s. My father surely wished the PA was in the lead at the time, but it was an interesting cons... (more)

Alley 'L'. A Green Line train cruises down the South Side Elevated, the oldest part of the CTA system. There once was a station here at 26th Street, but the CTA closed and demolished many s... (more)

Each Christmas, the Grand Trunk Western would operate a Christmas special for employees. The 1988 edition of the train is awaiting final boarding of its passengers. Ken Schmidt photo.

Evening at Ash crossing

The city is quiet and all the commuters are gone. The switch warmers are about to turn on while Metra F40PH #130 waits through the cold Chicago night.

Rock Island train 713 speeds commuters bound for Joliet out of Chicago