After working Charter Steel and Best Foods all day, the BRC Industry Job (BRC NOSI) just finishes its work at Best Foods and makes a very quick trip south from Best Foods, right across the Chicago... (more)

AMTK 518 getting serviced in one of their Chicago Yard buildings

Illinois Central E8 4028 leads an A-B-A set on a passenger train departing Central Station in Chicago, Illinois in the 1960s. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

An Amtrak Hiawatha meets an outbound Metra Milwaukee West before arriving in Chicago Union Station

Normally being a middle of the night run into the Belt Railway Of Chicago’s Clearing Yard, a late and rare daylight WSOR T-004 makes its way south on the BRC Kenton Line and is seen here crossin... (more)

The Chicago West Pullman & Southern's bicentennial-painted SW8 sits outside the roundhouse at 100th Street awaiting its next assignment. Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

Burlington Northern EMD E9 No. 9921 leads a westbound Metra commuter train out of Chicago on September 1, 1991. Dominating the background is 108-story, 1,450-foot Sears Tower. At completion in 197... (more)

Outbound Rock Island kicking up a bit of snow. Total accumulation ended up at around 10 inches.

A southbound CTA Red Line train emerges from underneath I-90 during a snowstorm

Big Blue, With A Touch Of Red. While EMD SW8 8687 it shows its Conrail heritage more prominently, its original owner Lehigh Valley's red (273, 9/1951) is becoming more obvious. At Maryland ... (more)

Snow is coming down hard on the Metra Electric District but inbound train 220 kicks it back into the air.

Chicago Heritage. After arriving at Chicago Union Station, Amtrak 22 (Texas Eagle) reverse out of the station on to the wye on Monday, January 4, 2021. Amtrak 146 (P42DC) pushes both Webb R... (more)

In “my kind of town”, a Metra electrical train rolls by 18th Street Station which is typically used for games at Soldier Field seen on the right.