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  1. BN E9A 9916 and commuter train at Chicago, IL

    BN E9A 9916 and commuter train at Chicago, IL

    BN E9A 9916 and commuter train at Chicago, IL. Sept. 1974. Photo (c) Verne Brummel. Photo editor: Dave Cramer. Visit our website for more at: http://trainsite.8m.com/slides.html
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    • Category: Vintage Passenger Train Photos - Diesel Era
  2. 18th Street Bridge

    18th Street Bridge

    Chicago Amtrak facility with the downtown skyline as a backdrop, including the red and green holiday lights atop the Sears Tower. Picture taken from the 18th Street bridge, a great place to be at night ...
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    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Night Photos
  3. Rail Yard Bedford, IL Belt Railway Railroad

    Rail Yard Bedford, IL Belt Railway Railroad

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    • Category: Yards
  4. Minneapolis

    Minneapolis

    Chicago and Northwestern 8673 Miniapolis Minn.1995
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    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
  5. Tilt Bridge in Chicago

    Tilt Bridge in Chicago

    I thought bridges like this were either a thing of the past or only used on Lionel layouts. This was taken from I-94 while in Chicago on the 28th of April.
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    • Category: Bridges and Trestles
  6. UP E9 949 heads through West Chicago

    UP E9 949 heads through West Chicago

    UP E9A 949, E9B 963, and E9A 951 head under the CNW signal bridge with a passenger special, approaching JB tower and the EJ&E diamond in West Chicago.
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    • Category: Special Trains, Charters and PV's
  7. Amtrak 153 backs into the engine facility

    Amtrak 153 backs into the engine facility

    Amtrak P42 #153 heads light into the engine terminal in Chicago.
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    • Category: Amtrak Roster Photos
  8. METRA

    METRA

    Two METRA trains parked under the trainshed in the ex-C&NW Chicago Passenger Terminal.
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Editor's Favorite Photos
  9. The Chicago Skyline looks over P42s

    The Chicago Skyline looks over P42s

    Amtrak P42s #40, 124, 153, and 44 await their next assignment as the Chicago Skyline looks over them.
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  10. Wow, what a catch

    Wow, what a catch

    While fanning, I caught a C&NW unit in a power move. My friend Cy first saw it around the CSX Cumberland Shops, and we chased it. We beat it to the station. Thanks Cy! Taken May 28, 2005
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    • Category: Eastern United States
  11. Chicago Amtrak Yard

    Chicago Amtrak Yard

    7 P42DC locomotives and part of the nose of a depowered F40H at Amtrak's Chicago maintenance facility.
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  12. Amtrak and Metra yards

    Amtrak and Metra yards

    Looking down from the Sears Tower at Chicago. May 31, 2005
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Yards
  13. GM vs. GE

    GM vs. GE

    A F40PH and a P42DC are parked side by side at the Chicago Amtrak maintenance facility.
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  14. Metra Chicago Commuter Rail Service

    Metra Chicago Commuter Rail Service

    Metra Chicago Commuter Rail Service Westbound at Joliet, Illinois
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    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  15. IHB Switcher

    IHB Switcher

    An Indiana Harbor Belt switcher sits in their yard near Chicago.
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  16. A dying breed

    A dying breed

    The overhead position light signal from track 19 into track 25 ( now the 28 extension) at Chicago Union station reflecting it's future - Stop
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    • Category: Signals
  17. Chicago in the 50's

    Chicago in the 50's

    Chicago - Roosevelt Road view - 1950's. A GM&O, PRR, and Great Northern in the background.
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    • Category: Vintage Passenger Train Photos - Diesel Era
  18. Metra/Milwaukee Road commuter

    Metra/Milwaukee Road commuter

    Inbound to Union Station from the Milwaukee Road west line. The train is going away from the viewer. The Chicago river is in the background and lower Wacker Drive can be seen if you look real hard.
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    • chicago metra
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  19. Metra - North of CUS

    Metra - North of CUS

    Seen from my sleeper car on the Builder as we left CUS.
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    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  20. Empire Builder Leaving Chicago Union Station

    Empire Builder Leaving Chicago Union Station

    Taken from our sleeper car as we left CUS in September.
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains


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