One of the "L"s glide in to Clinton St for a station stop.

Metra appears from out of the Oglive Transportation Center as METX 513 leads a train outbound.

“I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans” I found myself at the Iconic 18th Street bridge photographing Amtrak movements for the second day in a row, but this time for something... (more)

Rolling out of Union Station bald PRR 4248 with 4268 leading train 22 The Manhattan Limited on its journey to New York on July 20, 1967. Photographer Al Holtz, from my collection.

Pure Chicago. As traffic zips by down below on the Kennedy Expressway, Metra's CNW heritage F59PHI hustles UP NW train #633 to McHenry. The bridge's classic logo has withstood the test of t... (more)

Metra's RTA heritage unit thunders out of downtown Chicago with train #2225 for Big Timber Road in Elgin.

Ex-Penn-Central, exx-New York Central.

Chicago Metra train 1235 has just departed downtown Chicago’s Union Station, passing the Metra yard to its right, and the Amtrak yard to its left, just after passing under the Roosevelt Road bri... (more)

Photo by Dave Petke. From my collection.

Afternoon Metra rush kicks off with METX 509 heading west.

METX 508 heads east in the early afternoon.

The traffic is bad. The crime rate is high. Winters are rough and you may have a hard time finding a place to park, but from up here, you tend to forgot about all that. Train #2711 is just ... (more)

Amtrak 519, 522 and 90222 make their shove move at Union Avenue as they're in the process of wyeing for positioning in the yard at 18th Street.

Dash 8's And Cityscapes. After arriving and disembarking passengers at Chicago Union Station, Amtrak's inbound Cardinal has finished its wye move and is seen shoving into the yard at 18th S... (more)

As evidenced by the massive amount of ties in the background, one thing is for sure. A big project is in the works for the BRC around 14th Street. The North Outside Industry job is in the process ... (more)