What year is it??? Except for more skyscrapers in the skyline and less siding on the dilapidated 16th Street Tower, this photo could pass for 1977. This unit was built less than a month before I... (more)
Metra MP36 425, painted in a special scheme, backs into the coach yard in Blue Island. This locomotive, named after retiring Metra president Don Orseno, is painted in a special Rock Island inspire... (more)
Iowa Pacific's Polar Express deadheads rounds the curve at B12 Interlocking, headed for Tower A5 and points north to Janesville, WI. A nice birthday present, indeed.