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)

A duo of CSX SD40-2s lead CN M337 west through the city.

IC 1029 leads L537, a Kirk to Glenn train, west through the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. At one point this is where the IC, Santa Fe, and the GM&O all crossed the Bubbly Creek.

It's a gorgeous day in downtown Chicago and CN gave us fans a good one! Here we see CSXT 8823 lead M337 through Chicago on the old Illinois Central. To the left is the St. Charles Air Line drawbri... (more)

NIRC SW1 #2 serves as the shop switcher at Metra's 47th Street Facility. On a cloudy afternoon, it's seen doing its switching work. Unlike it's sister (NIRC 1), #2 is rarely viewed by the public e... (more)