Remnants of the GM&O remain on the CN Joliet Subdivision in Chicago as an afternoon running R967 (Recycle Job) approaches the diamonds with the former Santa Fe at Corwith. Powering the train is a ... (more)

All Illinois Central power on the former Illinois Central, now CN, Chicago Subdivision.

Enroute to its destination of Glenn Yard, an afternoon running R967 waits for the signal to proceed west at Corwith. Powering the train today is a classic pair of Grand Trunk GP38-2's, the leader ... (more)

In the years before LED displays, the Rock Island used these low-tech tail signs hung on the rear car to help commuters identify their trains at Chicago's La Salle Street station.

A Chicago Transit Authority train passes CTA Tower 18 as it crosses the diamonds on the elevated route over Wells Street in Chicago, Illinois, on November 8, 2018. This railroad interlocking locat... (more)

The IC mainline through downtown can be tough to shoot and described best as a "canyon". With the line being elevated and access being limited it is a challenge to find a spot. Here we s... (more)

It's a rainy morning in the Windy City but the trains don't stop at 21st Street. Here we see the Cardinal crossing the Pennsy lift bridge downtown with AMTK 184 leading. 184 is the Phase 4 heritag... (more)

A venerable F40C pulls another outbound commuter train from Union Station. Notice the track work in the foreground. Provia 100 slide film.

The action is hot and heavy as two Metra trains pass on the north lead into Union Station while a CTA train rumbles by overhead in the background. Provia 100 slide film.

IC 1003 blasts through to concrete jungles of Chicago leading CN train L536. The Glenn Yard to Kirk Yard train has been notorious for a few years now for having Illinois Central power leading over... (more)

UP 815 pulls out for more head room and approaches some tank cars on the branch for the Blommer Chocolate factory.

UP 815 is pulling cars out of the Chicago Tribune as they come up on W Grand Ave. The switch (buried in the weeds) splits into two lines. The line on the left is a branch that used to connect with... (more)

UP 815 heads south through downtown Chicago with cars for the Chicago Tribune. Here they pass through a "tunnel" under some streets and skyscrapers.

After trekking through downtown Chicago, M337 heads over the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. The train is a mile or two out from Hawthorne Yard where the train will be recrewed and head west to I... (more)