An outbound Metra commuter train negotiates the maze of trackage leading from Chicago Union Station on April 17, 2009.
Amtrak GE P42DC and P32BWH locomotives, along with former EMD F40PH units converted to NPCU cab cars, rest outside Amtrak’s Locomotive Service Building at Chicago, Illinois, on April 17, 2009.
*Doesn't say on the slide but if I were a betting man I'd say Cicero. Photo by Tony Vanier, from my collection.
Elevated Bridges. Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) 2600-Series car no. 2705 (Budd, 1981-1987) is the lead motor on an Orange Line train to Midway, seen here entering Adams/Wabash Station... (more)
Junctions. CTA Green Line trains shuffle to and from Roosevelt Station, with 5000-series no. 5127 (Bombardier, 2009-2015) leading the loop-bound train. Just south of here, the connectio... (more)
Metra MP36PH 407 sits at the LaSalle St station as the Rock Island protect.
Amtrak's California Zephyr is seen departing its origin of Chicago, IL on a crystal clear February day with two P42's for power.
BLE SD38AC 867 departs South Chicago with Eastbound CN L512
Amtrak P42DC 133 is seen pretty banged up in Chicago after it struck a cement truck while leading the Southwest Chief back in June, 2022. The crash derailed the entire train killing 4 people. Amtr... (more)
On the last day of my first tine ever in Chicago (July 16, 1984) my plan was to go to Marshall Field to see if I could talk to the rug and carpet buyer (the business I was in at the time). Failing... (more)
Metra’s Burlington heritage F40PHM-2 leads a westbound commuter train out of Chicago Union Station.
A Westbound CTA Green Line train makes its way West out of downtown Chicago.
Amtrak 58 makes its arrival into Chicago with a B40-8W leading a broken down ALC-42.
Repainted BLE tunnel motor 902 departs the Port of Chicago with CN L512.
Of the seventy-five Santa Fe GP20s, only sixteen were merger painted.