We got ahead of the special due to his stop in Chicago Heights....so we decided to head south for one last shot.....thanks to Paul Burgess for sorta showing us this shot.....
Its not everyday that you get to go back in the future. UP's OLS Special heads south through historic 21st St. Junction.....
UP's OLS Special passes over the Eisenhower Expressway southbound....
Engineer Vahey brings his trian south along the parallel tracks of the former NYC and B&OCT. Central Illinois' track takes its eastward swing down to street level less than a mile south of here..... (more)
As blue as a Chicago sky can get in late summer.........IAIS 703 storms through south suburban Tinley Park.
Oh how the times change........40 years ago you would've seen ATSF going east/west across Ash St as it once was a crossing between the north/south B&OCT and PRR and the east/west IC and ATSF.
A former Conrail train from Proviso to Elkhart warrants UP GEs today as it travels south on the former PRR.
DME 6097 meets a northbound ICE train headed towards Savanna.
Train 286 usually has odd power and today is no exception.......
A wonderful hazy free afternoon in suburban Chicago is in charge as CN 2437 brings his train around the WC/EJE connector.
A CTA Blue line Train heads west to O'Hare Airport during the Chicago rush hour.
and the trip to Nahant begins..........ICE 6441 leads a MBRNA train on this hazy Chicago evening.....
Just like the ol' days.........An all IC lash-up heads over the Des Plaines River Bridge.
A straight-up cab detail shot of a CF7.
Amtrak heads a Hiawatha service train south through a fresh blanket of snow