Santa Fe did some experimenting with warbonnet schemes after the Amtrak takeover. Since the red warbonnet was affiliated with passenger service, it was too attractive to just throw away. This was ... (more)

IC 1035 leads CN L536 south on home rails as it passes by Kensington Tower. Kensington is where the South Shore gets onto the IC and continues into downtown Chicago.

CN L536 gets its journey started and crosses the bridge over Bubbly Creek. This bridge was built in 1906 for the Chicago and Alton RR. To the left is CTA's Ashland stop on the orange line.

CN L536 rolls south through Kensington with a duo of IC Deathstar SD70's for power. To the right is Kensington Tower which guards the CSS and IC. Even further right is the Pullman Company clock to... (more)

A pair of GP40X's sit in West Colton Yard. These locomotives were built in February of 1978. Only four units were delivered to the SP. Two were Locotrol masters and the other two were Locotrol sla... (more)

It was rare to see the Santa Fe SD39's near Chicago, but they did show up once in a while. Here's one rolling through McCook, Illinois with a GE U33C behind.

Three new GP60 Demos and a Santa Fe GP40X are leaving Corwith out of Chicago. Train is westbound next to I-55 interstate.

Boxing Day Delivery. It was a cold post Christmas day eve on December 26, 2020 when BNSF 7196 (ES44C4, GE) was sitting in Amtrak's Chicago, Illinois Yard with a long string of brand new Sie... (more)

Metra F40's 142 and 143 sit perched on the end of their respective inbound commuter trains (or "scoots" as they were known on the CNW) at Ogilvie Transportation Centre in the Chicago Loop, ready t... (more)

Icons. Metra F40 no. 122 shoves its train into Chicago Union Station with the Willis (pronounced "Sears") Tower in the background dominating the skyline.

Ravenswood. Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) 3200-series car 3393 (Morrison-Knudsen, 1992-1994) is the lead unit on a Kimball-bound Brown Line train seen approaching Damen Station.

Shortly after sunset, the low-hanging clouds over Chicago envelop the taller buildings in the downtown area. CTA Brown Line train 421 (at least, that is the number that is displayed on car 3422 â... (more)

One of Metras, now plentiful, 70mac passenger rebuilds takes a MDN outbound around the sharp curve at Canal Street.

Metras RTA heritage unit, decked out in Christmas lights, is seen on an ice cold December night rounding out of Chicago’s Union Station.

On a frigid December evening, the sun dips to the horizon as one of the handful of Metras Christmas light decorated locomotives rumbles out of downtown. Every so often, the light pattern changes, ... (more)