westbound Joliet Union Station
CR 7508 and 5959 (Why Two Geeps? My Guess, We Don't Trust Our Power) Head One of Two Evening Commuter trains to Valpariaso The smoke? After the diesels idled in Union Station for a while s... (more)
Come On Guys, Let's Go An AB6 had an E6B carbody modified with a single 1000 h.p. engine, windows and controls at one end, baggage compartment, and steam generator. Only two were built by... (more)
Yellow Faces An AB6 had an E6B carbody modified with a single 1000 h.p. engine, windows and controls at one end, baggage compartment, and steam generator. Only two were built by EMD in Jun... (more)
CRI&P 486 with Inbound Morning Commuter
The evening commuter to Joliet.
The second of two morning commuter trains from Valparaiso, Indiana making its last stop before arriving at Union Station. It is about to cross the Rock Island tracks. Note roof mounted radio ant... (more)
A morning rush inbound (northbound) looking north. That's the 75th Street (Grand Crossing) Station mostly hidden by the train.
On the South Chicago Branch.
Southbound local accelerating away from 75th St. (Grand Crossing) Station. The farther four tracks are electrified; the outer two of which are the express tracks. The closest tracks are non-elec... (more)
9974 was built in 1953 and became BN 9974.
The Way Freight or signal or track work had the outside track tied up so the station stop was made from the middle track.