Midwestern Summer Nights
One thing that always marks the beginning of summer in the Midwest is the appearance of lightning bugs. They always come out around dusk on warm evenings, flying around the sky flashing their greenish glow. This year seems to have a bumper crop of the tiny insects, which I especially noticed the other night while [...]
Tangent
Slashing through the Heartland, the former Illinois Central mainline provides a straight shot south from Chicago towards the Gulf of Mexico. The route is fast and straight. And on this foggy night, somewhere out in the country south of the tiny town of Ashkum, IL, a distant headlight is approaching. It’s just another freight train, [...]
Freight Yard
I figured I’d put up another photo that I got from my late evening sunset shoot at Union Pacific’s giant Proviso Classification Yard in suburban Chicago. As the sun was setting over the large expanse of tracks, it was almost hard to NOT make a good photo. The light was glinting off of everything in [...]
Booming
Despite the current economic conditions, the South Loop neighborhood here in Chicago is steadily growing, with new buildings going up all around. The newly installed glass of a tall condo skyscraper is reflecting the last light of the day as an inbound Orange Line El train rounds the high curve at 18th St. As always, [...]
